ICC CRITICS ‘PROTEKTOR’ NI DU30 — LEILA
BINANATAN ni dating Sen. Leila de Lima ang mga kritiko ng pagbabalik ng bansa sa International Criminal Court (ICC) dahil mistulang protektor ang mga ito ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte upang makaiwas umano sa ano mang pananagutan sa madugong war on drugs ng kanyang administrasyon.
Sinabi ni De Lima na nakikinabang umano si Duterte sa pagkalas ng Pilipinas sa ICC na hinahabol sa kanya umanong pananagutan sa sinasabing mga paglabag sa karapatang-pantao.
“So why perpetuate Duterte’s self-serving and shameless act of withdrawal? Those who oppose rejoining the ICC are only serving the interest of Duterte and others who are responsible for the murder of thousands of our countrymen,” giit ni De Lima.
“Why would it be so difficult to rejoin ICC when the withdrawal therefrom was highly suspect, serving only the interest of one man who obviously just wanted to evade accountability?,” tanong ni De Lima.
Aniya, “The wisdom behind the Rome Statute was resoundingly acknowledged by PH when the Senate ratified the same in 2011.”
Nitong Miyerkules, sinabi ni Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra sa House committees on justice at human rights na malayang makakapasok ang ICC prosecutors sa Pilipinas upang gawin ang kanilang obligasyon at trabaho na imbestigahan ang war on drugs.
Kinumpirma ni Solicitor General Meynard Guevarra sa isinagawang joint hearing ng House committee on justice at committee on human rights nitong Miyerkoles.
“We will not cooperate, but ICC investigators are free to come and do their job here,” ani Guevarra.
Pinagtibay sa pagdinig ang mga resolusyon na pag-iisahin at isusumite sa plenaryo ng Kamara upang paaprubahan sa mga miyembro.
Sa pagpasok ng mga ICC investigators, payag naman umanong makipagtulungan sa mga ito ang Commission on Human Rights kaugnay sa imbestigasyon ng extrajudicial killings.
“We are an independent constitutionally created Commission for the promotion and protection of human rights, therefore we may and we’ll be happy to cooperate if the ICC deems fit that they need assistance from the [CHR],” sabi ni Dumarpa.
Sinabi naman nina Prosecutor Hazel Decena Valdez ng Department of Justice (DOJ), Director Janice Sanchez Rivera ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) at Deputy Director PBGen. Rodolfo Castil Jr. ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na ang kani-kanilang ahensya ay susunod sa posisyon ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
“I believe, your honor, that we have to defer to the order of our principal. In this instance, it’s the President of the Philippines,” ani Valdez.
“Whatever the decision of the President, the [DFA] will support it,” sabi naman ni Rivera.
Sinabi ni Guevarra na batay sa tatlong resolusyon hinihimok ang gobyerno na makipagtulungan sa imbestigasyon ng ICC kaya ang magdedesisyon umano nito ay ang Pangulo.
“Your resolutions urge the President to cooperate. So the final say of whether the government will cooperate will be at the President,” sabi pa ni Guevarra. “I believe that the matter of whether we should cooperate with the ICC prosecutor is a political decision. And in that respect, the Head of the Republic, the Head of State.”
Samantala, sinabi ni House Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. na iginagalang nito ang pahayag ni Sen. Ronald dela Rosa subalit dapat din umano nitong igalang ang ginagawang pagganap ng Kamara de Representantes sa mandatong ito.
“We respect the opinion of Sen. Bato de la Rosa, but we ask for parliamentary courtesy from our esteemed colleague in the Senate,” sabi ni Gonzales.
“As the senator very well knows, the House of Representatives is mandated to act on resolutions filed by its members regardless of political affiliations in the same manner that the Senate takes action on measures presented by senators,” giit ng kongresista.
