Senator Risa Hontiveros said that President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s recent admission of ruling the country in a \u2018dictatorial style\u2019 just strengthened the allegations that he committed a violation against human rights in the drug war that he founded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president\u2019s remarks may have incriminated himself against the criminal offenses filed against him before the International Criminal Court’s (ICC),\u201d the senator said, adding that Duterte only made it easier for the international tribunal to see the truth behind the indictments.<\/p>\n
“I am sure that the ICC is taking due notice of the President’s latest statement, especially as it conducts its preliminary examination into his alleged crimes. The ICC was created precisely to prosecute those who have committed crimes against humanity, many of whom were dictators. By admitting that he is a dictator, voluntarily and without pressure from anyone, President Duterte just made the ICC’s job simpler,\u201d Hontiveros said in a statement.<\/p>\n
She added that the ICC will use the recent public admission of Duterte, including his previous undemocratic actions as evidence that he has abused his power. Senator Risa Hontiveros said that President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s recent admission of ruling the country in a \u2018dictatorial style\u2019 just strengthened …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":114184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46415,13135,15996],"class_list":["post-152368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-international-criminal-courts-icc","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-senator-risa-hontiveros","mauthors-ro-angelica-equio","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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