Duterte rejects cooperation in ICC probe, while Dela Rosa looks to Marcos

This file photo shows then-President Rodrigo Duterte standing beside then-Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa during Dela Rosa's Assumption of Command Ceremony at the Camp Crame in Manila on July 1, 2016.

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MANILA, Philippines (Updated 5:03 p.m.) — Former President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated Friday that he will never cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into his administration’s “war on drugs,” while the campaign’s architect, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, said his participation would depend on the Marcos administration.

Speaking through his former spokesperson, Duterte said “he would never allow foreigners to sit in judgment of him as long as Philippine courts are willing and able to do so.”

“He would humbly submit to the prosecution and judgment of any local court. He is ready to face any of his accusers,” former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.

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