“Pagka ang lumilitaw ay sasabihin ng ICC that we have jurisdiction and stop what you’re doing or we’ll come in or something to that effect. That is in effect, an indictment na kahiya-hiya tayong lahat. That’s an indictment against all Filipino people that you have a justice system that sucks. Your legal and judicial system is worthless kaya kami papasok dyan. That’s how I look at it. It’s beyond the people involved,” Guevarra said.
The Philippines’ rejection of the International Criminal Court's probe into the Duterte administration’s war on drugs goes beyond the personalities involved, but highlights the preservation of the integrity of the country’s legal and judicial system, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said.
“Para sa akin as solicitor general, as my office being the counsel of the Republic, hindi na personalities ang tinitingnan ko dito ngayon. The issue is well beyond the personalities involved...this is about the issue of whether or not ang ating existing legal and judicial system is capable of performing its duties to the people,” he said.
Guevarra assured the country's "domestic mechanisms and institutions" are working and finding ways to bring justice to the victims' families. "Marami dyan na tahimik lang sa 6,000 cases na yan....kailangan lahat tayo nagtutulong-tulong para mas may resulta tayong makuha," Guevarra added.its investigation into the Duterte administration's deadly drug war, insisting the tribunal has no jurisdiction.
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