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The administration of President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. The former top cop said he wants to ask these guests why they are insisting on investigating the Philippines and for them to prove that the country’s justice system is not functioning.

Tolentino is also the chairperson of the Senate justice panel, which he said might conduct a hearing on the resolutions filed in the Senate seeking to defend Duterte from the ICC probe.ĭela Rosa echoed Tolentino’s push to invite resource persons from the ICC, including Khan. While Dela Rosa said he is confident Zubiri will allow Tolentino to represent him before the ICC, he quipped that he will be constrained to find someone else should this request be denied.

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He’s in a better position to know how to remedy this,' he said when asked about the constitutional provision. Constitutional prohibitionĪrticle VI, Section 14 of the Constitution does not allow lawmakers to “personally appear as counsel before any court of justice or before the Electoral Tribunals, or quasi-judicial and other administrative bodies.”ĭespite this constitutional prohibition, Tolentino appears set to represent Dela Rosa before the ICC as he said Wednesday he will seek clearance from Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri for this purpose.īut even Dela Rosa is unsure whether this will fly. 'Just in case in extreme circumstances wherein I travel to an ICC member country and they actually implement the warrant and I am arrested, then I need the services of a lawyer,' Dela Rosa said. Francis Tolentino to lawyer for him should he get arrested abroad. There is still no case against anyone before the ICC in connection with the'“war on drugs,' although Dela Rosa said he has tapped the services of Sen.

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan is still investigating alleged crimes against humanity committed in the course of the “war on drugs” during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte which was engineered by Dela Rosa who was police chief at the time. Philippines splits from US democracy summit statement on ICC

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