Lawmakers led by ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are rallying members of the House of Representatives to defend ex-President Rodrigo Duterte against any investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court. | jiandradeINQ krixiasINQ
The others were Eric Martinez, Eduardo Rama, Dale Corvera, Zaldy Villa, Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag, Mohammad Khalid Dimaporo, Johnny Pimentel and Marlyn Primicias-Agabas.
The proponents of the resolution asked others in the House to stand for the “unequivocal defense of former President Duterte, the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines, in any investigation and/or prosecution by the ICC.” The investigation will cover the period from Nov. 1, 2011, when the country ratified the Rome Statute that created the ICC and Duterte was still mayor of Davao City, to March 16, 2019, a day before the country’s withdrawal from the ICC on orders of the former President took effect.Human rights groups said the move by Arroyo and the other lawmakers to shield Duterte could not stop the ICC investigation even as they were “circling the wagons” to protect him.
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