It is up to the Department of the Interior and Local Government to say who will exercise the functions of mayor of Davao City while former President Rodrigo Duterte is detained in The Hague, the Commission on Elections said on Tuesday.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was elected as mayor in his home city by a landslide, official results showed Tuesday, despite his detention by the International Criminal Court.The Davao election board proclaimed Duterte won the race for Davao mayor,

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has secured a landslide victory in the Davao City mayoral race, even as he remains in detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on charges related to his controversial anti-drug campaign.