PH gov’t won’t serve arrest warrant from ICC against Rody Duterte

THE Philippine government will not serve any arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) against former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Thus, said President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr as he maintained that ICC has no jurisdiction over the Philippines.

“We don’t recognize the warrant…That’s a no,” Marcos said when asked if the government would hand over an arrest warrant to his predecessor in case the ICC issues one, as reported by GMA News.

The President also said in February last year that he would not cooperate with the ICC investigation. He also said that he considers the ICC a threat to Philippine sovereignty.

It was Duterte who pulled the Philippines out of the Hague-based ICC’s Rome Statute in 2018, with the withdrawal taking effect in 2019, after the tribunal began a preliminary probe into his administration’s drug war.

More than 6,000 people were killed in Duterte’s anti-narcotics campaign, but rights groups say that up to 30,000 may have been killed.