FORMER president Rodrigo Duterte said he is ready to rot in jail after after the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected an appeal to postpone its probe into his bloody war on drugs.
“Wala akong pakialam basta ginawa ko yung dapat kong gawin ,” said Duterte, speaking before the National Convention of the Philippine Prosecutor’s League in Davao City on Wednesday, March 29.
In a decision dated March 27, the ICC thumbed down the Philippine government’s bid to suspend its investigation, thereby giving the green light for ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan to continue investigating Duterte’s war on drugs.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, said the decision meant the Philippines would then disengage from the ICC.
The ICC rejected the Philippine appeal to suspend an ongoing probe into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs
“If it turns out to be awful later, wala tayong magawa (there’s nothing we can do). I’ll face the music. I will rot in prison. I will die in prison,” added Duterte.
By “awful later,” Duterte was referring to the ICC probe into his bloody war on drugs.
The toll of his bloody campaign was certainly more than awful — government data estimates 6,252 individuals were killed in police anti-illegal drug operations as of May 2022. Human rights groups estimate between 27,000 to 30,000 Filipinos were killed vigilante-style in the name of Duterte’s drug war.
