Marcos holds firm vs ICC probe: It’s over. We’ll not cooperate in any way

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday stressed that the government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe into alleged human rights violations during the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.

The ICC the other day decided against the Philippines’ appeal to stop the probe.

“They are talking about Filipinos. Their alleged crimes are here in the Philippines; the victims are Filipino, bakit mapupunta sa The Hague? Kaya’t dito dapat. (Why should it reach the Hague? It should be here.) That’s it. We have no appeals pending. We have no more actions being taken,” said Marcos in an ambush interview in Zamboanga. 

“Basta tapos na lahat ng ating pag-uusap sa ICC. Kagaya ng sinasabi namin mula sa simula, we will not cooperate with them in any way,” said Marcos, reiterating his earlier stance of disengagement from the ICC. 

(All talks with the ICC are over. As we have been saying from the start, we will not cooperate with them.) 

Marcos added that the Philippine government will continue to defend the country’s sovereignty.

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