THE former chief legal counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte lauded President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for expressing his "unyielding, unequivocal and assertive stance" against the International Criminal Court's (ICC) for insisting on investigating the past administration's anti-illegal drugs campaign.

Salvador Panelo, Malacañang's former top legal adviser, blasted the ICC for its "intransigent, outrageous and vexing attempts" at placing the Philippines under its jurisdiction and looking into the crimes against humanity allegedly committed under Duterte's watch.

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