Marcos eyes PH return to ICC

by Catherine S. Valente - Franco Jose C. Baroña - Red Mendoza

Nov 25, 2023 12:12 am

(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said that the government is considering returning to the International Criminal Court (ICC) nearly five years after its withdrawal over objections to the court's decision to investigate the Duterte administration's war on illegal drugs.

Marcos made the statement even as he maintained his stand that 'outsiders' should not meddle with the country's own probe of crimes allegedly committed by law enforcers carrying out the anti-drug campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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