“I will raise that tomorrow during the… special meeting of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights,” Tolentino said when asked to comment about the resolution Senator Robin Padilla filed in Duterte's defense.
Senator Francis Tolentino will take up with visiting European Parliament members the proposed Senate resolution defending former President Rodrigo Duterte from an investigation by the International Criminal Court.
“I will raise that tomorrow during the… special meeting of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights,” Tolentino said when asked to comment about the resolution Senator Robin Padilla filed in Duterte's defense. Asked if there were specific issues that would be tackled during the meeting, Tolentino said "I think it has something to do with… everything about human rights.”
Separate resolutions have been filed before the Senate and the House of Representatives all seeking to defend the former President from any investigation by the ICC.
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