A string of inaccurate statements from incumbent officials has emerged after the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Jan. 26 that it will resume its drug war probe in the Philippines.
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
Oras na para panagutin ang mga promotor at nagpatupad ng drug war. Subaybayan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra sa VERA Files ngayong linggo.
Binatikos ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla ang International Criminal Court (ICC) dahil sa “pagpipilit na pumasok sa Pilipinas” upang imbestigahan ang mga pagpatay na may kaugnayan sa droga noong panahon ng administrasyong Duterte sa kabila ng pagkalas ng bansa sa Netherlands-based tribunal. Kailangan nito ng konteksto.
Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, states that a country that has withdrawn is not cleared of its obligations for incidents that occurred during its membership. The Philippines officially became a member of the ICC in November 2011, thus binding the country to the treaty’s provisions until its official withdrawal on March 17, 2019.
Contrary to Remulla’s statement, Cambodia and Timor-Leste are signatories to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla na walang bansa sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) na miyembro ng International Criminal Court (ICC).
Nagbabalik-tanaw ang VERA Files Fact Check sa mga paulit-ulit na kasinungalingan na kumalat ngayong taon: mula sa imbestigasyon ng International Criminal Court sa giyera ng Pilipinas laban sa droga hanggang sa red-tagging kay dating bise presidente Leni Robredo hanggang sa nakaw na yaman ng pamilya Marcos.
What happens when public officials, media outlets and online users keep repeating false statements?
The country’s former top public official was VERA Files’ most fact-checked personality since 2016. He was named the “most fact-checked figure” in 2018 and the top purveyor of disinformation on COVID-19 among government officials in 2020.
