MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada filed on Monday another Senate resolution seeking to protect former President Rodrigo Duterte from the drug war probe of the International Criminal
expresses the Senate’s “strong opposition” against ICC’s resumption of itsinvestigation into alleged crimes against humanity filed against Duterte for his bloody drug war.
The senator pointed out that the government made efforts to review the drug war operations of the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group. “This clearly shows the commitment of our government in ensuring that erring individuals will be brought to justice,” Estrada said in a statement.Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, a long-time aide of Duterte, expressed gratitude for Padilla’s resolution.
“As a senator now who was a part of the past administration, I know that then President Duterte only did his duty to provide safety to Filipinos and the future of our children,” Go said in Filipino in a separate statement.
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