Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte moved to quit the International Criminal Court on Wednesday after it began investigating his brutal war on drug dealers.
Duterte announced he is withdrawing the Philippines from the Rome Statute which gives the Hague-based ICC the authority to investigate crimes on its soil.
The move comes a month after the ICC announced it was launching a ‘preliminary examination’ of Duterte’s bloody anti-drug crackdown that has seen thousands die in largely extrajudicial killings.
‘I therefore declare and forthwith give notice… that the Philippines is withdrawing its ratification of the Rome Statute effective immediately,’ Duterte said in a statement.
On Wednesday Duterte, a former lawyer, attacked the ICC’s preliminary examination into his anti-narcotics campaign saying it was ‘unduly and maliciously created’.
‘It is apparent that the ICC is being utilised as a political tool against the Philippines,’ he said.
In his statement, Duterte cited ‘baseless, unprecedented and outrageous attacks on his person as well my administration’.
‘The acts allegedly committed by me are neither genocide nor war crimes. The deaths occurring in the process of legitimate police operations lacked the intent to kill,’ he added.
U.S and lots of european countries hawako kwa hio pact,only poor,despot,corrupted and prone to wars countries are in it .Don’t know why our CUNTry is still in it since tunajijua sisi ni mafisi when it comes to corruption
Withdrawal has no effect once an investigation is in progress but it can prevent future investigations. There is a 1 year notice before the withdrawal can kick off.
The ICC is still very much needed in Kenya as a deterrent given the blood thirsty hunger pangs of a few power hungry individuals and the complicity of the judiciary in aiding and abetting their activities often through granting immunity through unjustified anticipatory bail, the crippling of investigations and prosecution through dubious court orders and of course inordinate delay to any case.
US is addicted to chaos,they instigate wars,case and point the iran fiasco after king pashar,zaire,sierra leonne,recent kenyan ‘bombing’ <-----methinks for longer coastline around lamu? Why are they furnishing us with their wartech?
They benefit through these.they are leeches that provide arms to create more chaos