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.
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Guevarra’s office formally asked the ICC recently to deny the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s request to resume its investigation on the crimes against humanity that were allegedly committed during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs.
The Philippine government wants the International Criminal Court to junk the resumption of an inquiry into the controversial drug war due to lack of jurisdiction over the country’s situation.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla assured on Tuesday (Aug. 2) that the government will respond to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) plans to investigate alleged crimes committed during the drug war of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
There’s no need to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) because local investigators are already investigating the bloody drug war led by former president Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang said.
