Malacañang on Saturday maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the Philippine government despite its request for the Hague-based court to defer its probe into the alleged crimes against humanity in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
“We reiterate that it is the position of the Philippine government that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over it,” acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said in a statement.
The ICC temporarily suspended its investigation into the Duterte administration’s drug war days after the Philippine government requested to defer to its government’s investigation of its nationals for killings in the context of the campaign against illegal drugs.
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