The Philippine government should be allowed to respond to any pleading that may be filed in the ICC by the alleged victims of the Duterte administration’s antidrug campaign, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said. | krixiasINQ santostinaINQ
Who are they?
“We want to make it of record that at no time during the initial stages of this case was the State ever confronted with the complaints of the alleged victims, much less given an opportunity to address the same,” Guevarra said. “We do not know who the 90 anonymous victim applicants are and where they are coming from.
The chamber’s decision effectively grants the request of at least 90 families of alleged extrajudicial killings during the drug war to present their views and concerns in the appeal proceedings.However, some mothers have already come forward saying they would submit their representations at this stage.They include Cristine Pascual, mother of 17-year-old Joshua Laxamana, who was killed in an alleged shootout with Pangasinan police officers.
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