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By Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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MANILA – Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV om Tuesday called as a “welcome development” the filing of a complaint for crimes against humanity against President Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte and other officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Netherlands.
On Monday, Atty. Jude Sabio submitted a 77-page communication to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC, accusing Duterte of violating the Articles of the Rome Statute through his alleged involvement in the prevalence of extrajudicial killings as former mayor of Davao City, through his personal involvement with the “Davao Death Squad”, and his anti-drug campaign as President of the Philippines.
Sabio claimed that Duterte’s drug war has killed at least 1,400 people in Davao City and 8,000 in his national anti-illegal drug crusade.
“We would now have a truly independent body that could find out the whole truth behind the slaughter of thousands of Filipinos and prosecute those behind it to include the enablers who allowed or encouraged it to happen,” Trillanes said.
Other government officials charged for violating different provisions of the Rome Statute were Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, Philippine National Police chief director general Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, former Interior secretary Ismael Sueno, Police Superintendent Edilberto Leonardo, Senior Police Officer 4 Sanson Buenaventura, Police Superintendent Royina Garma, National Bureau of Investigation director Dante Gierran, Solicitor General Jose Calida, and senators Richard Gordon and Alan Peter Cayetano.
Sabio explained he referred his case to the ICC because the President has turned a deaf ear to appeals over the widespread killings of drug suspects.
The Rome Statute, the treaty establishing the ICC, is the first permanent international court that is capable of trying perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
The Philippines is a state party to the Rome Statute, along with other 123 state parties, since August 2011./PN
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