“We’re not bothered,” said Sen. Ronald dela Rosa and former PNP chief of Rodrigo Duterte, whom the senator had served since the time the former President was Davao City mayor. | MRamosINQ
“Let them do what they want. I’m OK [with] whatever will be the outcome,” Dela Rosa also told reporters.
“He’s [also] not bothered because [the Philippines is] no longer a member [of the ICC],” Dela Rosa said, adding that Duterte “just laughed it off.” “Filipinos should be judged by fellow Filipinos before Philippine courts operating under Philippine laws,” he added.The OSG noted that, long after the Philippines ceased to be a state party to the Rome Statute, it still submitted documents to the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor and Pre-Trial Chamber, “not out of any legal obligation but purely on the basis of comity, consonant with its assertion of sovereignty.
“Victims can submit their testimonies and case information confidentially. They are also invited to join victim advocacy groups,” the group said in a statement, as it also urged others affected by Duterte’s drug war to come forward.