The Department of Foreign Affairs will no longer serve as a liaison for the Philippine Senate in its communications with the International Criminal Court. | BPinlacINQ
In the letter sent to Tolentino’s office, the DFA said it “cannot facilitate the sending of the invitations to persons associated with the ICC due mainly to the pronouncement made on 28 March 2023 by the President about ‘disengaging’ from the ICC.”
Marcos, who had been firm about not cooperating with the ICC’s “drug war” probe, had said that the Philippines is “disengaging from any contact, from any communication with the ICC.”“In view of the foregoing, the DFA respectfully recommends that the Senate Committee sends the invitations directly to the intended invitees, Karim Khan A.A. KC and Fatou Bomm Bensouda,” DFA said.
Khan is leading the full-blown ICC investigation of alleged crimes against humanity committed under the Duterte administration’s drug war, as well as killings by the so-called Davao Death Squad when Rodrigo Duterte was mayor of Davao City.READ:The DFA noted, however, that it had sent the two other invitations to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the Hague Academy of International Law.
The supposed agenda of the Tolentino-led committee hearing was to tackle Senate Resolutions Nos. 488 and 499, urging the upper chamber to come to the defense of former President Duterte against investigation and prosecution before the ICC. The resolutions were filed by Duterte’s allies in the Senate – Senators Robin Padilla and Jinggoy Estrada.Earlier, Tolentino disclosed his plan to have Duterte and ICC representatives in the committee hearing even via videoconferencing.
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