{"id":152379,"date":"2018-02-12T03:26:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T08:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=152379"},"modified":"2018-02-12T03:26:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T08:26:31","slug":"hontiveros-dutertes-dictator-admission-made-the-iccs-job-simpler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/12\/hontiveros-dutertes-dictator-admission-made-the-iccs-job-simpler\/","title":{"rendered":"Hontiveros: Duterte’s ‘dictator’ admission ‘made the ICC’s job simpler’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“A fish is caught by its mouth,” Hontiveros said. (Photo<\/a>: Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senator Risa Hontiveros\u00a0on Monday said that President Rodrigo Duterte may have incriminated himself on criminal charges filed against him, following his recent statement admitting that he is a \u201cdictator.”<\/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,\u201d Hontiveros said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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 she added.<\/p>\n

Recently,\u00a0 Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to conduct its preliminary examination on the alleged summary executions related to Duterte\u2019s campaign to suppress the narcotics problem in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

[READ:\u00a0ICC to conduct \u2018preliminary examination\u2019 vs. Duterte, PH war on drugs]<\/a><\/p>\n

She added that Duterte has repeatedly exposed himself to the charge of crimes through his words and deed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe international court will now refer to his public admission, together with his other documented undemocratic practices, as proof of his utter disregard for democracy and human rights that resulted in colossal abuses in our country,” Hontiveros said.<\/p>\n

“A fish is caught by its mouth and a foul man by his deeds. President Duterte is the best witness against himself. I am confident that the ICC has documented all of these,” she added.<\/p>\n

Duterte, in a speech before former communist rebels in Malaca\u00f1ang, admitted that he is \u201creally a dictator,\u201d but stressed that nothing will happen to the country he would not impose a “dictatorial” style of governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you say, dictator, well, I am really a dictator. Because if I don\u2019t [act like a] dictator, nothing will happen to our nation. That\u2019s true,\u201d Duterte said in Cebuano.<\/p>\n

In April 2017, lawyer Jude Sabio, counsel of hitman Edgar Matobato, asked ICC to institute legal proceedings against the president and 11 other government officials.<\/p>\n

However, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday \u00a0said\u00a0 that President Rodrigo Duterte remains unfazed despite the decision of the ICC.<\/p>\n

[READ:\u00a0Duterte unfazed by ICC\u2019s preliminary investigation vs him, PH drug war]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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