Marcos not changing stance on ICC

President Marcos is not changing his stance that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the Philippines despite a recent poll suggesting that the majority of Filipinos are in favor of the government cooperating with the tribunal on its probe on the deaths tied to the previous administration’s drug war.

- ALEXIS ROMERO

Speaking to reporters in Manila yesterday, Marcos said that the ICC can produce as much evidence as it wants, but it cannot act upon it in the Philippines because of jurisdictionrelated questions.

“No. It’s not about the evidence, it’s about the jurisdiction of the ICC in the Philippines,” the President said when asked if there is still a possibility that he would change his mind about the ICC if he sees more evidence.

“It opens (a) Pandora’s Box because it’s still those questions of jurisdictions and sovereignty that I haven’t yet seen a sufficient answer for. Until then, I do not recognize their jurisdiction in the Philippines... That seems to be the only logical conclusion that you can come to in that situation,” he added.