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Senator Chiz Escudero supported the decision of President Marcos to thoroughly study calls for the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), five years after the country’s withdrawal during the previous administration. “Para sa akin tama iyong sinabi ng Pangulo na dapat ito ay pag-aralang mabuti dahil may mga pinasok tayong tratado na tayo […]
Senator Bong Go has welcomed and expressed willingness to support a proposed Senate resolution defending former president Rodrigo Duterte against the probe of the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor into the country’s drug war during his administration. “I thank Sen. Robinhood Padilla for his Proposed Senate Resolution No. 488 defending former president Rodrigo […]
Senator Robin Padilla filed a resolution seeking to defend former President Rodrigo Duterte from investigation or prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In Senate Resolution 488, Padilla sought “to declare unequivocal defense of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines, in any investigation or prosecution by the […]
Senator Dick Gordon said Hong Kong authorities acted with disrespect and exhibited lack of good judgment in the manner they have treated former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, who was detained for hours at the Hong Kong airport for undisclosed reasons. Gordon pointed out that with Del Rosario’s pronouncements, too, on the abandonment of […]
Administration senators said the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no impact on the country’s economy and justice system. Senator Cynthia Villar said the country’s departure from the ICC is nothing to worry about as Philippine courts primarily tasked to protect the rights of people still function. […]