“They are citizens of the Republic who also need our protection, so we have to tell them, advise them properly,” he said, adding that he would warn them against traveling to European countries. Remulla said he would extend the same advice to Duterte. Here in our country, they cannot really meddle,” Remulla told a press briefing when asked if the government would protect Dela Rosa once a warrant was issued against him. “Don’t go to countries where the ICC could intervene. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to avoid going to countries where the International Criminal Court (ICC) could exert its influence, following its July 18 ruling authorizing an investigation into Duterte’s brutal war on drugs. In March 2022, Dela Rosa shared that then-presidential candidate Marcos promised him that the ICC would not be able touch even a strand of his hair.MANILA – Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Wednesday advised former President Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. He doesn't want any interference into our domestic life. He's a Filipino and he doesn't want to be dictated on by another entity. (I'm confident because the President has mentioned that several times. Ayaw nyang panghimasukan ang ating domestic life. Pilipino siya at ayaw niyang didikatahan tayo ng ibang entity. But kung magbago ang kanyang isip… what can I do?' Let them do so.)Īs regards Marcos' position on the ICC, Dela Rosa said, “Confident ako dahil ilang beses nang sinabi ng ating Pangulo ‘yan. I knew that they wanted to continue the investigation. (I was not surprised, I am not concerned, I am unfazed.

E, di ituloy nila ‘yung kanilang imbestigasyon,” Dela Rosa said. Alam ko naman talaga desidido sila ituloy. “'Di ako na-surprise, hindi ako concerned, hindi ako nababagabag.

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has also said the Philippine government would not comply if the ICC would issue a warrant of arrest against some individuals over killings attributed to the war on drug We do not need assistance from any outside entity, the Philippines is a sovereign nation, and we are not colonies anymore of these former imperialists,” he added. I feel that we have in our police, in our judiciary, a good system. “So no, I do not see what their jurisdiction is. “I have stated it often, even before I took office as President, that there are many questions about their jurisdiction and what we in the Philippines regard as an intrusion into our internal matters and a threat to our sovereignty,” Marcos said then. He adverted to President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos' position that the ICC had no jurisdiction over the country. Guevarra said the ICC could also indict certain individuals over the killings in the drug war if there was sufficient evidence.ĭela Rosa said he and Duterte were unfazed by the ICC investigation. Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra had said that the Philippines could no longer file an appeal with this decision. “Before I address the merits of the appeal, I would like to state that it is rejected by the Appeal Chamber by majority and that the impugned decision is, therefore, confirmed,” Brichambaut said. ICC Appeals Chamber Presiding Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut during an open court hearing in The Netherlands said the Philippines' appeal against the continuation of the investigation had been rejected. ''Di ko alam kung nandu'n pa,' Dela Rosa said when asked about Duterte's whereabouts. The former President on Monday met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

'He has time and again said that because of this, he will face all his accusers anytime but before Philippine courts and before Filipino Judges only,' he added.ĭuterte and Dela Rosa-Duterte's first chief of the Philippine National Police-are among the Filipino officials who have been mentioned in the ICC prosecutor's report on the drug war killings. 'FPRRD has always maintained that as an independent and sovereign state, only Philippine courts can try any crime committed in PHL territory,' Roque said. Harry Roque, Duterte's spokesperson when we was still President, said Duterte had 'shrugged off the ICC’s decision dismissing the Sol-Gen’s apppeal from an Order of the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber authorizing the ICC to pursue Preliminary Examination on the Drug War.' 'You don't need to unduly stress yourself.)Ītty. ‘You don’t need to unduly stress yourself,’” Dela Rosa said. Shortly after the ICC Appeals Chamber rejected the Philippines' appeal against the continuation of the investigation on the war on drugs, Dela Rosa shared his conversation with the former leader a few nights ago. Former President Rodrigo Duterte laughed off the prospect of the International Criminal Court continuing its investigation on the thousands of killings in the Philippines' war on drugs during his administration, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa has said.

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