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The long game at The Hague

When viewed together, the legal stalling at The Hague and the coordinated political pressure at home reveal a strategy designed not only to shield the former president from accountability. The Duterte camp appears to be buying time as part of a broader gambit aimed at weakening the Marcos administration and clearing space for a Sara Duterte takeover before the ICC can weigh the evidence against her father.

The long game at The Hague

SC, ICC on a collision course over case of ‘Tokhang’ survivor Efren Morillo

The Supreme Court is on a collision course with the International Criminal Court over the dismissal of a petition to review the case of Efren Morillo, an eyewitness and survivor of the war on drugs of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who has been detained at the Scheveningen facility while awaiting trial for charges of crimes against humanity in The Hague, Netherlands.

SC, ICC on a collision course over case of ‘Tokhang’ survivor Efren Morillo