The International Criminal Court must pay damages to the Philippines if it fails to prove that the criminal justice system in the country is not functioning, Senator Robin Padilla said Thursday.
“Ang kukulit niyo na…Kapag di nila napatunayan ‘yan siguro singilin natin sila ng damages… Dahil sa totoo lang ‘yung paulit-ulit nilang sinasabi na ang mga Pilipino ay palpak at kailangan nilang pumunta dito at mag-imbestiga, eh siguro dapat maningil na tayo ng damages,” he said in an interview with reporters.
He said the damages would be payment for supposedly destroying the country's reputation on the international stage. “Yung ibinabato sa atin ng ICC, nakakainsulto ito…Parang sinasabi nito na tayo ay una, mga engot. Tayong mga Pilipino engot dahil hindi natin alam na 'yung gobyerno natin hindi tumatakbo nang tama. Pangalawa, ‘yung mga nasa gobyerno natin isa’t-kalahating engot din,” he said.
“Kung pukulan lang ng pagka-engot e baka mas engot sila. Eh bakit ngayon e gumagawa sila ng gulo doon sa lugar nila at tayo dito ang layo-layo natin naapektuhan tayo. Hindi ba dapat imbestigahan muna nila kung ano ang nasa bakuran nila bago sila pumunta sa Asia?” he quipped.as he also supported Duterte's deadly drug war. seeking the reversal of the international tribunal’s decision to resume its probe into the Duterte administration's controversial war on drugs.
In rejecting the Philippines' appeal, the ICC Appeals Chamber said the government failed to explain the Court's lack of jurisdiction or to provide an explanation of the implications and scope of the investigation.After its appeal was junked, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.In February, Marcos said he would not cooperate with the inquiry of the ICC into the abuses in the campaign against illegal drugs of the previous administration.
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