Solons applaud Bensouda's bid for ICC probe into 'war on drugs' killings

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Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday, June 15 applauded the decision of International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to seek authorization to proceed with an investigation into the alleged the killing of thousands of suspected drug users and pushers in the “war on drugs” campaign of the Duterte

Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro and Magdalo Partylist Rep. Manuel Cabochan III issued separate press statements airing their view that justice may soon be realized for the thousands of people who died during the first three years of the drug war.

“There will be no impunity for him and his cohort of executioners. He cannot escape justice for the tens of thousands of Filipinos slaughtered at his behest,” she stressed. For his part, Cabochan sees the action taken by the ICC Prosecutor as “another step closer to achieving justice” for the thousands who were killed during the war on drugs and their families.

 

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