“We view of course this decision of the prosecutor as a waste of the Court’s time and resources. Again as a matter of sovereign consent, we gave our consent to be a member of the ICC subject to, number one: The court being a court of last resort; and that secondly, subject to the principle of complementarity; and number three that not all crimes can be cognizable by the court because only crimes which are of the gravest nature, greatest affront against the international community should be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court,” sabi ni Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
Iginiit naman niya na bukas si Duterte sa isasagawang imbestigasyon ng ICC.
“The President and I met about this extensively for more than two hours last night, the President has said that he also welcomes this preliminary examination because he is sick and tired of being accused of the Commission of crimes against humanity. This is an opportunity for him to probe that this is not subject to the court’s jurisdiction because of both complementarity that domestic courts and the fact that we have a domestic international humanitarian law statute in our jurisdiction, are reasons enough for the Court not to exercise jurisdiction,” ayon pa kay Roque.
Idinagdag pa ni Roque na ginagawa lamang ng pamahalaan ang tungkulin nito na iresolba ang problema kaugnay ng droga sa bansa.
“We note though that the ongoing war against drug is an exercise of police power in dealing with the pernicious problem of drug trafficking in the Philippines. As a sovereign state, the Philippines’ has the inherent responsibility to protect its current and future generations by effectively addressing threats of the safety and wellbeing of its citizens such as proliferation of illegal drugs,” paliwanag pa ni Roque. (Bella Cariaso)