{UAH} Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, Hurls “Missiles” At ICC

Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, Hurls "Missiles" At ICC

After National Chairman Museveni and Trump, Now Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, Hurls "Missiles" At ICC

National Chairman Kyambogo   9 hours ago

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, speaking in Papua New Guinea on Friday, refused to recognize the authority of the International Criminal Court (ICC) adding that is it is a mere "creation" of the European Union, hungry to spread its "international governance," according to international media outlets.

In unsavory language, the bald Duterte claimed that the court "consists of idiots" in an attack on the body, which is targeting his "war on drugs" in which thousands have been killed by security forces cracking down hard on the drug epidemic in the South East Asian country.

rt.com quoted Duterte as stating to Filipino audience: "[They say Duterte] 'is a monster.' So I'm not included in human rights. Find a court for monsters."

In March, his country announced its withdrawal from the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the court and Duterte threatened to arrest ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, stressing that the body has no authority over Philippines since the country is no longer its member. He vowed to should the court's officials if they set foot in his country.

The comments follow up on recent statements by the US administration led by President Trump and National Security Adviser, John Bolton, in which they threatened the ICC with sanctions for attempting to prosecute its citizens on war crimes in Afghanistan. Before them, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, the National Chairman of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, has been a leading critic of the court as imperialistic and biased to target Africans.

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