{"id":93921,"date":"2017-03-14T08:03:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=93921"},"modified":"2017-03-14T08:03:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:03:27","slug":"matobato-to-file-case-before-icc-administration-remains-unfazed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/14\/matobato-to-file-case-before-icc-administration-remains-unfazed\/","title":{"rendered":"Matobato to file case before ICC, Administration remains unfazed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Edgar Matobato\/Facebook.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Attorney Jude Sabio announced last week that he and his client, self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato, are going to file a case against President Duterte at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabio had previously stated that he is confident that Matobato and Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 testimonies, along with the reports of the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are enough evidence to convict Duterte of crimes against humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Administration, however, is unfazed about the announcement. On Monday, the President himself with regards to the matter saying, \u201cI\u2019m ready to face the consequences. If I go to prison, so be it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Presidential Chief Legal Counsel, Salvador Panelo said that Matobato\u2019s plan to sue Duterte before the ICC has no basis and dismissed the former hitman\u2019s statements as propaganda. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt might even be snubbed. There is no basis. If you have to file a case, you must have documents; proof to back you up,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also last week when the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs adjourned its probe on retired SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as, ruling that his testimonies lack sufficient and tangible evidence. \u00a0Despite the Senate decision, Senate Committee Chairman Panfilo Lacson said that it is now up for the Commission of Human Rights and the Philippine National Police to decide whether or not to investigate on Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 testimonies. <\/span>
\nThe Commission on Human Rights had already formed a new team dedicated to investigate the killings that were done by the Davao Death Squad, including those stated in the statements of Lasca\u00f1as and Matobato.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attorney Jude Sabio announced last week that he and his client, self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato, are going to file a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":93922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[10856,10823,12229,12477,16592,13135,12273],"class_list":["post-93921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-commission-on-human-rights","tag-davao-death-squad","tag-edgar-matobato","tag-international-criminal-court","tag-jude-sabio","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-salvador-panelo","mauthors-phoebe-balubar","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93921","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=93921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}