VERA Files
In Duterte country, the “new face” of Marcos’s drug war effort eerily still resembles what the Dutertes have long imprinted on their turf.
Bukod kay dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, sina kasalukuyang Pangalawang Pangulong Sara Duterte, Senador Bong Go, at Senador Bato Dela Rosa ay pinangalanan din sa mga dokumentong pinasa sa International Criminal Court o ICC na nag-iimbestiga sa mga pagpatay noong drug war ng administrasyong Duterte.
If the Philippine government refuses to cooperate with an international inquiry of the bloody “Tokhang” operations during the Duterte administration, then it should undertake an investigation of the alleged role of former president Rodrigo Duterte to show it is not protecting perpetrators of crimes against humanity and other atrocities. The demand for a probe came […]
While Malacanang continued to remain silent, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said he will advise Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra to stop engaging with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its rejection of the government’s appeal to stop the resumption of the investigation on the Philippines’ war on drugs
ICC Presiding Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut: I would like to state that it [appeal] is rejected by the Appeals Chamber by majority and that the impugned decision is therefore confirmed.
Aside from former president Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, and senators Bato de la Rosa and Bong Go were named in a document submitted to the ICC probing the killings related to the drug war during the previous administration and when Duterte was mayor of Davao City.
In an interview on The Chiefs, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statement in dealing with cops involved in the illegal drug trade was said out of frustration.
Send them to jail, where the big-time drug lords continue to operate? Dismiss them from the service, so they can work full time with the syndicates? Or, as Duterte has suggested, “ihulog mo?”
Sumang-ayon si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kanyang kahalili na si Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na ang mga pang-aabuso sa karapatang pantao ay nangyari sa kanyang digmaan laban sa iligal na droga. Ang pag-amin ni Duterte ay isang pagbaligtad mula sa kanyang mga naunang pahayag na may “posibilidad” ng mga pang-aabuso sa karapatang pantao sa digmaan […]
Although Dela Rosa was named in the request to launch the drug war probe in 2021, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has yet to identify any suspects who will be charged with crimes against humanity that occurred in the Duterte administration’s anti-drug campaign.