MANILA, Jan 27, 2023 : The Philippines has announced that it intended to appeal an International Criminal Court decision to reopen an inquiry into Manila's brutal anti-drug campaign, which left thousands dead.
Menardo Guevarra, the chief lawyer for current Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' government, told AFP:"It is our intention to exhaust our legal remedies, more particularly elevating the matter to the ICC appeals chamber." Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement that Duterte"would never subject himself under the legal jurisdiction of any foreign body because it is an insult to the competence and impartiality of our functioning criminal justice system".- 'Only credible avenue' -
"We can show that despite structural and resource limitations in our legal system, it is still a well-functioning system that yields positive results in its own time," Guevarra said. Olalia said his group represented the families of slain suspects in seven of the handful of cases being tried in Philippine courts against police officers.
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