A Philippine court cannot sentence him to hanging because the country already outlawed the death penalty on June 24, 2006 when then-president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act 9346. This outlawed capital punishment in the country, which was previously allowed and carried out through lethal injection.
The government has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reverse the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber allowing the prosecution to resume an investigation into alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines related to the illegal drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte. In a five-page appeal filed by the Office of Solicitor General (OSG) Menardo
Iginiit ni Senador Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, dating hepe ng Philippine National Police (PNP), na ang imbestigasyon ng International Criminal Court (ICC) sa mga pagpatay na may kinalaman sa droga sa ilalim ng administrasyong Duterte ay lumalabag sa complementarity principle ng Rome Statute. Ito ay nakaliligaw.
In pursuing its own investigation, the ICC is going after top state officials who may be responsible for crimes against humanity but are not being investigated by the Philippines. This is where the principle of complementarity is violated and the justification for the resumption of the ICC’s drug war probe.
Among the five considerations of the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I were the pronouncements encouraging the killings under the drug war by former president Rodrigo Duterte and other officials and existence of drug watchlists.
Hinamon ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla ang International Criminal Court (ICC) na ipakita sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas ang “pattern” ng umano’y state-sponsored killings sa ilalim ng war on drugs ng administrasyong Duterte. Kulang ito sa konteksto.
Ilan pa kaya ang dinoktor din ang cause of death sa libu-libong kaso ng pagpatay kaugnay sa drug war ni Duterte?
Sabi ng Marcos administration: “Buhay ay Ingatan, Droga ay Ayawan." Pero dapat pa ring managot kung sino man ang responsable sa pagpatay ng libu-libong biktima ng madugong drug war.
Sana noon pa ganito ang pag-iisip ni Sen. Bato. Hindi sana namatay 'yung libo-libong "nanlaban" kuno.
Pinabubulaanan ang ulat ng komite ng United Nations (UN) tungkol sa pagpapatuloy ng extrajudicial killings sa Pilipinas, sinabi ni Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri na wala siyang narinig o nakikitang anumang pagpatay, partikular sa mga hinihinalang pusher ng droga, sa ilalim ng bagong administrasyon.
