Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said the Philippine government can’t enforce the arrest warrant that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra has slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) for supposedly rushing its probe on drug war killings under the Duterte administration despite the government’s assurance that it is conducting its own investigation.
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra has slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) for supposedly rushing its probe on drug war killings under the Duterte administration despite the government’s assurance that it is conducting its own investigation.
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said the Philippines will file within February an appeal to the decision of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) I to resume the investigation into the killings linked to war on illegal drugs.
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said the government will exhaust all means against the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume the probe into the drug war killings in the Philippines.
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra admitted that the Supreme Court (SC) ruling that granted the provisional liberty to lawyer Jessica “Gigi” Reyes could affect the continued detention of former Sen. Leila De Lima.
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra has appealed to the Supreme Court (SC) to re-implement the No Contact Apprehension (NCAP) to help address the worsening traffic congestion in Metro Manila.
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said the government could hire a foreign counsel to help the country in the case it is facing before the International Criminal Court (ICC) concerning alleged crimes against humanity committed during the drug war.
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 has no plan to hire a foreign counsel to represent its case before the International Criminal Court, believing local counterparts can do a better job.
