"Sa pamamagitan lamang ng pag-withdraw ng visa at pag withhold ng entry puwede naman iyon. Hindi na puwedeng dumating pa sa punto na magkaka-arestuhan at ipapakulong pa. Lalo lamang parang pinausok ng gasolina ang apoy," he added.
Senator Francis Escudero said the government can deny the issuance of visa to probers of the International Criminal Court should they attempt to enter the Philippines to pursue the investigation on the killings allegedly linked to the illegal war on drugs.
Escudero also said the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Justice must seek clarification from the ICC why it decided to pursue the investigation into the Duterte administration's drug war when there is an ongoing probe on extrajudicial killings. Although the Philippines already withdrew from the Rome Statute, Escudero said the ICC can still interfere with any violation of human rights if the government is not doing its job to investigate and prosecute those involved.
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