Akbayan calls Duterte dare to ICC ‘hollow bluff’
THE Akbayan Party-list is ready to bring former President Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
While, Akbayan Rep. Perci Cendaña sees Duterte’s challenge to ICC as a “hallow bluff,” they are still willing to take him up on it.
Akbayan stands ready to bring Duterte to justice at the ICC following his bold remarks at the recent House Quad Committee hearing.
According to Cendaña Duterte’s latest dare to the ICC is an empty bluff because when asked if he would cooperate with the ICC’s investigation, Duterte dismissed the need for delay, urging the ICC to begin the probe “as soon as tomorrow.”
He even quipped that the Quad Committee should fund his trip to the ICC.
“Let’s go, Mr. Duterte, to the ICC. We are prepared to help bring you there and hold you accountable for the thousands of innocent lives lost under your bloody drug war,” Cendaña stated.
Cendaña emphasized that Duterte’s challenge to the ICC reveals more than just an invitation; it exposes a man attempting to control the narrative while evading serious allegations. Duterte’s administration has been implicated in widespread human rights abuses, with over 6,500 official deaths of alleged drug suspects and far higher numbers reported by human rights advocates.
