ICC Won’t Reverse Duterte Detention Ruling over Marcos Political Remarks

‘Duterte cannot use Marcos Jr’s statement in ICC case’

Lawyers of former president Rodrigo Duterte cannot use President Marcos’ previous statement regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC) to defend their client, a Malacañang official said over the weekend.

ICC won’t reverse Duterte detention ruling over Marcos political remarks

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Using the previous pronouncements of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to overturn the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejecting the claim of his lawyers that it has no authority to prosecute and hold him in custody in The Hague would be pointless, according to Malacañang. In a briefing at the sidelines of the 47th Asean Summit here, Palace press officer Claire Castro on Sunday told Duterte’s counsel Nich…

Roque Reiterates: ICC has no jurisdiction over former president Duterte

FORMER Malacañang spokesman Harry Roque expressed disappointment on Friday over the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) assertion of jurisdiction on the case of former president Rodrigo Duterte.“I firmly maintain that the ICC’s assertion of jurisdiction over the Philippines is legally erroneous, unjust and contrary to the Rome Statute itself,” the former Palace spokesman said, noting the country has withdrawn from the Rome Statute in 2019.“The …