Philippines president says ‘no intention’ to rejoin International Criminal Court

MANILA, 02 August 2022, (TON): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said “the Philippines has no plan to rejoin the International Criminal Court, with the tribunal’s prosecutor seeking to resume a probe into the ex-president’s deadly drug war.

Rodrigo Duterte, who left office on June 30, pulled the Philippines out of the ICC in 2019 after it launched a preliminary probe into his drugs crackdown, which killed many thousands of people.

ICC judges authorized a full investigation into the anti-narcotics campaign last September, saying it resembled an illegitimate and systematic attack on civilians.

It suspended the probe two months later, after Manila said it was looking into the alleged crimes itself.

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