MALACAÑANG on Wednesday said the government was "not directly dealing" with the International Criminal Court (ICC) following Vice President Sara Duterte's claim that she was on the international tribunal's arrest list.

Speaking to reporters, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Malacañang does not have any information about the supposed inclusion of Duterte on the ICC arrest list.

Castro said that if the vice president has any questions about the alleged list, she should direct them to the ICC.

"At this time, the question is very hypothetical so we have nothing to say about it, and we're not dealing directly with the ICC," Castro said.

"If there are any questions about that, it would be best if they spoke to the ICC. We do not have any information from the ICC," she added.

Duterte earlier claimed her name was on the ICC list after saying that her conversations with her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte — currently detained by the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands — were recorded during her visits.

She identified Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa, former Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde, Police Gen. Vicente Danao and Police Gen. Romeo Caramat were on the ICC list as well.

"If the warrant is released while I am at The Hague, I will surely talk to another lawyer for me and ask what would be my options, but if the warrant is issued in the Philippines, let's see how the government responds," she said.

Duterte denied allegations by confessed Davao Death Squad member Arturo Lascanas that she created "Oplan Tokhang" during her time as Davao City vice mayor and mayor.

The vice president arrived in Manila on April 7 after an almost monthlong stay in The Hague, where her father faces trial for crimes against humanity in connection to his bloody war on drugs in which thousands of suspects were killed.

The vice president, meanwhile, said she hopes that charges would be laid against those who orchestrated the arrest of her father.

She issued the statement after Sen. Imee Marcos released her initial committee report of the investigation of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on the arrest of the former president, recommending the filing of charges at the Office of the Ombudsman against Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla, Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Marbil, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Police Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre and Philippine Center for Transnational Crime Special Envoy Markus Lacanilao, noting that the arrest of Duterte was a "planned effort" by the administration of her brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

"A clear pattern begins to arise where major political incidents precede significant statements and actions of the administration cooperating with the ICC," Marcos said on Monday.