“What I’m saying is we should be given the opportunity by the ICC (to conduct an investigation). Don’t get ahead of us,” said Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra.
If the government proceeds with its own investigations and judicial processes, such mode of inquiry into the alleged extrajudicial killings can be explored, Guevarra said Thursday during an interview in “The Chiefs” television programme.
“I’ve always looked upon it without any positive view because I’ve seen this commission’s work before and they never really did a good thing. That’s been done before with the Aquino assassination but we didn’t get anything out of it,” Remulla said. Duterte and senior officials of his administration had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the thousands of deaths in the drug war.“Why did the government float that idea just now, when there is already an ongoing investigation by the ICC?” Zarate told the Inquirer. “The victims will think this is just one of the delaying tactics on the part of the present administration.”
Senator Francis Escudero said he supported the idea, but the commission would have to prove its “true independence.” “We hope that the ICC will see this ploy and not be deterred in pursuing their task,” the lawmaker said.
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