The ICC Appeals Chamber’s rejection of the Philippine government’s appeal to suspend the probe on the Duterte administration’s drug war is an indictment of the country’s judicial system, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said.
The International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber’s rejection of the Philippine government’s appeal to suspend the probe on the Duterte administration’s drug war is an indictment of the country’s judicial system, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday.
"It places us in the same class of rogue nations where the rule of law is not respected," Guevarra told GMA News Online in reaction to the ICC chamber's decision. "It tends to humiliate us in the eyes of the international community, and this affront is irreversible and incorrectible even if we eventually win on the merits of our appeal."
It also pointed out that the local investigation can proceed even with the ongoing ICC investigation.the ICC cannot enter the PhilippinesThe Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, in March 2019, under the leadership of then-President Rodrigo Duterte.
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