“Chill. Just relax.” This was Senator Francis Tolentino’s advice to Senator Ronald dela Rosa – one of those named in the ICC investigation into the drug war-related killings under the term of former President Rodrigo Duterte. | beatricepinlac
But since there is still no warrant of arrest, Tolentino said they should relax and maintain their “peace of mind.”Tolentino downplayed the latest ICC ruling to junk the Philippine government’s appeal to stop its investigation into the country’s drug war, noting that it was not even unanimous since the tribunal’s appeals chamber voted 3-2.
They said Article 127 of the Rome Statute cannot be invoked in the Philippines’ situation since the country announced its withdrawal from the international treaty that established the ICC in 2018.The Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute took effect in 2019, but the ICC only greenlighted the formal investigation into Duterte’s drug war two years later, or in September 2021.
“It shows that we have a divided international community. No single international organization can judge us and can show disrespect, because we have the other distinguished members of the ICC siding with the Philippines,” he added.
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