Pacquiao: “Nire-respeto natin yung investigation ng ICC dahil myembro tayo dyan. Unang-una, hindi tayo tututol dyan dahil karapatan nila bilang myembro tayo ng international community dapat din nating igalang ang kanilang mga proseso.” Read:
Earlier, the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC authorized the start of the probe into the crimes against humanity cases filed against Duterte in connection with the drug war killings.ICC prosecutor Fatou BensoudaDuterte maintains that he would not participate in any probe launched by the ICC, insisting the international body no longer had jurisdiction over the Philippines.
In 2018, Duterte declared that the Philippines would pull out from the Rome Statute. The withdrawal took effect on March 17, 2019. The ICC pre-trial chamber, however, insists the Court has “jurisdiction with respect to alleged crimes that occurred on the territory of the Philippines while it was a State Party, from 1 November 2011 up to and including 16 March 2019.”