MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has set its oral arguments on the petition filed by opposition senators regarding the withdrawal of the Philippines from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC.)
In line with this, the SC directed Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Teddy Locsin Jr. and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo to answer the lawmakers’ petition within the next 10 days.
On May 16, 2018, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila De Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV filed a petition for certiorari and mandamus asking the High Court to nullify the Philippines’ backing out from the international tribunal in The Hague. – Mai Bermudez
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