{"id":182351,"date":"2018-09-21T00:06:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T04:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=182351"},"modified":"2018-09-21T00:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T04:06:42","slug":"intl-peoples-tribunal-verdict-prrd-sham-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/21\/intl-peoples-tribunal-verdict-prrd-sham-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Int&#8217;l People&#8217;s Tribunal verdict on PRRD &#8216;sham decision&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_160910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160910\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160910\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;That\u2019s a sham decision. It has no official sanction. The validity of the findings will depend on the credibility of the tribunals,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing. (PCOO file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday described the International People\u2019s Tribunal (IPT) verdict finding President Rodrigo R. Duterte guilty of human rights violations as a \u201csham decision\u201d, noting that it has no official sanction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s a sham decision. It has no official sanction. The validity of the findings will depend on the credibility of the tribunals,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Roque, a former co-chairperson of the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC), said he did not even know any members of the jury in the roster.<\/p>\n<p>He said members of the jury could be a \u201cpropaganda body of the international left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know who sat there. They appear to be a propaganda body of the international left, if not the &#8212; and therefore, we set it aside as being a useless piece of propaganda against the government,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>In international law, Roque said even if it is not official, the verdict could have a bearing, depending on the stature of the individual sitting there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Tinitingnan ko iyong<\/em>\u00a0roster,\u00a0<em>hindi ko po talaga kakilala<\/em>\u00a0(I was looking at the roster, I really don\u2019t know them). It\u2019s really just a leftist who happened to be white, sympathetic to the Philippine left,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>Roque pointed out that there is a strong networking between the Philippine leftist organizations and international leftist groups, particularly in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday described the International People\u2019s Tribunal (IPT) verdict finding President Rodrigo R. 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