A HOUSE resolution urging the Marcos government to work with the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague in investigating alleged crimes against humanity during former president Rodrigo Duterte's term as president and as mayor of Davao City has stirred a hornet's nest. It has provoked extreme reactions from the Duterte camp mainly against House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, whom the Dutertes suspect of being behind the move.
Authored by Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., chairman of the House human rights panel, and Rep. Ramon Rodriguez Gutierrez of the 1-Rider party-list, House Resolution 1477 not only seeks to appeal President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision against allowing the ICC to investigate Duterte for any of the alleged drug killings but also would like the government to actively participate in the investigation.
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