The national police insists the country has a ‘robust’ criminal justice system, even though only a handful of police have been convicted for killings in the name of Duterte’s drug war.
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s chief legal counsel said on Monday, January 30, that if it were up to him, personnel from thewho try to enter the Philippines would be arrested as he insisted the international tribunal has “no sovereign power over us.”
On January 27, the ICC authorized the resumption of its probe into the killings under former president Rodrigo“We will not allow any of our officials to be investigated or tried by the International Criminal Court. I’m telling you as lawyer of the president, I will not allow, as far as I’m concerned, I will not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court,” added the nonagenarian, who is also among the appointed lawyers closest to Marcos in Malacañang.
“The Philippines has a robust, efficient, and functioning criminal justice system with active legal proceedings and remedies available to address any claim of human rights abuses in the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign. This is evidenced by ongoing investigations on all drug-related deaths and cases of successful prosecution of some government personnel involved in related crimes,” said PNP chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. in a separate news briefing on January 30.
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