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| Duterte to ICC prosecutor: I will arrest you if you come here |
| 2018-04-14 |
| [Al Jazeera] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to arrest the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor if she comes to Manila to investigate his deadly war on drugs. In a presser on Friday, Duterte said international prosecutors "will never have jurisdiction" over him "in a million years", because the Philippines "was never a member of the ICC". "You do not have jurisdiction even to conduct a preliminary investigation," he said, addressing ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who is taking initial steps to investigate the president for possible crimes against humanity for the alleged extrajudicial killings involving police. "So, you Ms Fatou, don't come here, because I will bar you. You cannot exercise any proceedings here without basis. That is illegal and I will arrest you," Duterte said. He also said the Philippines' membership in the international body was "flawed", thus negating its validity in the country. Previously, Duterte had also criticised Fatou and a UN human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... official, hurling insults that critics labelled as racist and sexist. The statement prompted UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein to call for Duterte's "psychiatric evaluation". In March, Duterte announced that the Philippines was withdrawing from The Hague-based court "effective immediately". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "Imperialists Go Home!" Considering that the ICC seems to be the Department of Lawfare for the EU... |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-04-14 20:57 |
| #1 How do you say "bravo" in Tagalog? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-04-14 03:15 |