Amid calls to allow the International Crminal Court (ICC) to conduct an investigation in the country, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra insisted only the Philippines can conduct investigations into the drug war killings.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile on Monday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to investigate the Philippines officials over its internal campaign against illegal drugs.
The International Criminal Court should allow the Philippines to resolve the past administration’s drug war issue through its well-functioning justice system, the Department of Justice said.
: ICC, masasayang lang ang panahon, pera at oras sa pag-iimbestiga sa mga biktima ng drug war noong Duterte admin kung hindi makikipag-cooperate ang Pilipinas.
The Philippines will thwart impositions from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged excesses in the country’s war on illegal drugs, justice officials said Friday.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not welcome in the Philippines. He said the ICC only has jurisdiction over countries that have “no functioning governments, no functioning legal system, no functioning dominant military force.”
Former President Rodrigo Duterte has downplayed the International Criminal Court’s decision to reopen its inquiry into his brutal war on drugs, former spokesperson Harry Roque said.
The campaign against illegal drugs is off to a rousing start this year as the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Monday that it has seized illegal drugs worth over P81 million in the first 16 days of 2023.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos held talks with former President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City amid the government’s renewed campaign against drugs and other crimes.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Wednesday (Dec. 9) said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is looking into the cases of nine dead persons whose actual causes of their demise were kept hidden.
