{"id":242301,"date":"2020-01-15T23:08:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T04:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=242301"},"modified":"2020-01-15T23:08:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T04:08:36","slug":"dropped-communication-vs-duterte-sucker-punch-to-icc-andanar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/15\/dropped-communication-vs-duterte-sucker-punch-to-icc-andanar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropped communication vs. Duterte \u2018sucker punch\u2019 to ICC: Andanar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said he anticipated Sabio to drop the communication since they were \u201cbaseless and unfounded.\u201d (File Photo<\/a>: Martin Andanar\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The International Criminal Court (ICC) got a \u201csucker punch\u201d when lawyer Jude Sabio dropped the communication he lodged against President Rodrigo Duterte, a Palace official said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said he anticipated Sabio to drop the communication since they were \u201cbaseless and unfounded.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis revelation is a sucker punch to the ICC and all the human rights groups that have been deceived by the perpetrators of unreliable, fabricated, and tainted information,\u201d Andanar said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Andanar explained that Sabio\u2019s move only revealed that it was \u201cnothing more than political propaganda of oppositionists against the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

He condemned the opposition anew for undermining the President and this administration\u2019s effective crackdown on illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

The PCOO chief also insisted that the administration\u2019s anti-illegal drugs campaign has always respected due process and the rule of law.<\/p>\n

He also assured that the administration never condoned extrajudicial killings perpetrated by rogue cops and paid vigilantes.<\/p>\n

The government, he said, continues to cleanse its law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite malicious muckraking, this government will continue President Duterte\u2019s programs and campaigns against criminality and illegal drugs as part of this administration\u2019s legacy of peace and order and public safety,\u201d Andanar said. \u201cLet\u2019s all keep in mind that truth will continue to prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it appeared that Sabio was merely tapped by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to file the complaint against the President.<\/p>\n

“The professional tie between the two has since turned sour owing to Trillanes\u2019 alleged failure to pay Sabio\u2019s professional fees leading to the latter\u2019s withdrawal of his complaint before the ICC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrillanes must be squirming in his disgraced retirement by Sabio\u2019s turnabout,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the ICC should be awakened to the fact that Duterte\u2019s enemies want to fulfill the \u201cimpossible dream\u201d to topple the current administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ICC has to wake up from its stupor if not ignorance,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

In its report on \u201cpreliminary examination activities\u201d for 2019, the ICC sought the conclusion of its initial review of Duterte\u2019s drug war by 2020 to determine the possible conduct of a full-blown investigation into the Philippines\u2019 campaign against the narcotics trade.<\/p>\n

The Philippines was officially out of the ICC on Mar. 17, 2019, but the international body still proceeded with its preliminary examination of the anti-narcotics campaign initiated by Duterte despite the country\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n

In February 2018, the ICC launched a preliminary examination of Duterte’s crackdown on illegal drugs based on Sabio’s communication that accuses the President of committing crimes against humanity for the killings of thousands of drug offenders from July 1, 2016 to Mar. 31, 2017.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Sabio asked ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to remove his name from the communications sent to the international tribunal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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