Bato reiterates he won't participate in ICC probe, says he'd rather face Filipino court

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Senator Dela Rosa maintained that he will not be participating in the possible reopening of the investigation by the ICC into the Duterte administration's drug war, saying he would rather face the local courts about the matter.

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday maintained that he will not be participating in the possible reopening of the investigation by the International Criminal Court into the Duterte administration's drug war, saying he would rather face the local courts about the matter.

"I'm the number two accused and gusto mo akong pumasok sa kanilang kagustuhan? Bakit ako magpa-under sa jurisdiction nila eh meron naman tayong Supreme Court dito na pwedeng mag-try sa 'tin kung meron man tayong ginawang kalokohan? Bakit sila pa? Bakit ako haharap sa mga putik na ‘yan na hindi naman nila alam ang problema ng ating bansa at ginagawa ng ating gobyerno?" he said in an interview on ANC.

during the early years of the Duterte administration, implemented the Oplan Tokhang as part of the administration’s drug war.on the request of then-prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to probe crimes “allegedly committed on the territory of the Philippines between 1 November 2011 and 16 March 2019 in the context of the so-called 'war on drugs' campaign.”upon the Philippine government's request to defer the investigation.

Government records showed that at least 6,200 drug suspects have been killed in police operations from June 2016 until November 2021. Several human rights groups, however, refuted the data and claimed the actual death to stand at around 12,000 to 30,000.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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The ICC should prove that they are unbiased and honest by first filing cases against the U.S for killing innocent African Americans in their drug war every day, killing innocent women and children in Afghanistan, etc. It is all well documented with evidence in every news agencies

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