The Philippine government reiterated its stance of not directly cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigation of the country's drug war. However, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin stated that the government will respond favorably to any requests from Interpol regarding the ICC's inquiries.
MALACAÑANG on Friday maintained that the government will not “directly” cooperate with the International Criminal Court when it comes to the investigation by the Hague-based international tribunal on the drug war of the Duterte administration.
“We have been very clear in our statements regarding this, if the ICC makes a move, and courses the move through the Interpol and the Interpol makes the request to us for the arrest or delivery of the custody of a person subject to ICC jurisdiction, we will respond favorably or positively to the Interpol request, since we also benefit from Interpol in other cases,” he said in a press conference on Friday.
In the report updated last Thursday, Remulla said there were certain areas, where the Philippines can cooperate with the ICC. Previously, some officials in the justice sector had said that even if the Philippines keeps its distance from the investigation per se, the Interpol, should it be tasked with making arrests, merits cooperating with.
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