Returning to the International Criminal Court would also indicate that the Philippines wants to continue availing tariff privileges from the European Union, says EU lawmaker Hannah Neumann.
MANILA, Philippines – Releasing detained opposition leader and former senator Leila de Lima and returning to the International Criminal Court would be strong indications that the Philippines would want to continue its privileges granted by the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus , the European Parliament said.
“Releasing Senator Leila de Lima and dropping the bogus charges, as well as returning to the ICC would be of course a strong sign in which direction the country wants to move. That is absolutely in line with what we’ve learned from GSP+ the Code of Conduct countries,”, a member of the European Parliament, said during their briefing on Friday, February 24.
Neumann’s remarks were made in response to the question on whether their delegation’s observation on the human rights situation in the country would affect the Philippines’ standing at the GSP+. By the end of the year, the Philippines’ European Union tariff perks will expire and the Marcos administration would have to negotiate for its renewal.
Among the privileges the Philippines enjoys are duty-free entry for 6,200 local products, which include fruits, animals, and vegetable fat, textiles, and even metals. However, under Marcos’ predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, theUnder Duterte, De Lima was arrested and detained in 2017 for drug-related charges. One of Duterte’s most vocal critics, she was accused of allegedly enabling the drug trade in the national penitentiary to fund her 2016 senatorial run.
“The Members also visited former Senator De Lima in prison on the eve of the sixth anniversary of her arbitrary detention. They reiterated the Parliament’s call for her immediate and unconditional release and the dropping of all the remaining charges against her, and expressed the same request as concerns all other political prisoners,” Neumann said.
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