Palace to Bato: Prove ICC probers are forcing ex-police officials to sign affidavits vs Duterte

ICC counsel to Bato: No testimonies in Duterte case forced

The ICC does not force nor make testimonies for witnesses, and the procedure in taking testimonies is very transparent, a lawyer said after Sen. Bato dela Rosa claimed ex-police officials are being forced to execute affidavits against him and detained former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Palace to Bato: Prove ICC probers are forcing ex-police officials to sign affidavits vs Duterte

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang dared Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa to substantiate his statement that investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) are in the country and are pressuring retired police officials to implicate him and former president Rodrigo Duterte in the previous administration's war on drugs. Dela Rosa last week claimed that his former colleagues in the Philippine National Police (PNP) were being forced to sign an…