"REASONS WHY PHILIPPINES SHOULD NOT
WORRY ABOUT ICC
By Peachie Defensor (sister of MDS)
I am wondering whats the big fuss
about Matobato’s lawyer filing a complaint before the ICC. Thousands of letter
complaints are filed and we never hear of them again.
The tribunal has no money. On the
contrary, it has taken a loan. It has also gone through several waves of
retrenchment.
First, are they sure the Prosecutor
will file charges based on the obvious money-fueled testimony of an assassin
for hire?
Why don’t we write ICC Prosecutor
Bensouda and the ICC judges instead not to intervene in Philippine affairs
because THEY ARE SIDING WITH THE waning OPPOSITION WHICH WANTS TO OVERTHROW A
LEGAL HEAD OF STATE in violation of the Constitution?
The history of the tribunal is one of
injustice to African states. How many white heads of states have been convicted
anyway? ZERO. It is now faced with threats of withdrawal by South Africa and
several others. We have seen the chaotic jurisprudence of this tribunal and the
accusations of witness coaching by intermediaries, the focus on destroyed
stones and monuments while neglecting the persecution of an ethnic group , and
the WTH neglect of sexual violence!
Second, the ICC has no jurisdiction
due to complementarity and the difficulty posed by immunities of heads of
states in customary international law which is often in the Constitutions of
states. Is it legal for a tribunal to intervene in a country where there are
pending charges against both accuser and accused for the same subject?
Al Bashir, the President of Sudan,
who has a longstanding warrant of arrest is freely travelling to African
countries in broad daylight and no one is even taking him in custody! Duterte
pa? He is loved in the streets, all the way to the mountains. He has a
popularity of 70-80%. He is my friend, he is our president and we must defend
him because instability in the country hurts everyone who has a brain!
I thank Duterte for disciplining taxi
drivers at the international airport out of fear that he might order their
arrests for holding up innocent tourists or duping them out of their precious
travel money and for the first time, the toilets in the international airport
now have running water and paper towel. The only airport that used to look it
was devastated by war – no water in the closet, no paper, but there is water
flowing on the floor. Go figure.
Third, a situation is not a case in
International Criminal Law and preliminary examination is not the same as
preliminary investigation. A preliminary examination can be a table survey of
which letter complaint to read. And the Prosecutor must scale piles.
Fourth Who will gain from publicity
of a case in the ICC? Not the Philippines but individuals with vested interests
for a short time until their plunder and corruption cases go to trial. This is
one area that needs improvement in our criminal justice system. LETS GIVE THEM
THEIR DAY IN COURT NOW. Otherwise, let heads roll!
Fifth, it highlights a reality - the
ICC cannot bring peace between warring groups in a state if the tribunal sides
with 1 group in a chaotic corrupt society. We can talk lengthily about the
cases from Africa and rough justice or the shadows of complementarity. So why
pick on the Philippines? The intervention of a foreign tribunal will only prove
a roadblock to peace and stability in the country and the ICC is already facing
criticism for favoring 1 group over another in African states. There are cases
of crimes against humanity against the most powerful countries of the world and
complaints have been filed against heads of states engaged in a series of wars
in some jurisdictions. Will we ignore that?
Let Duterte finish his term in peace
and then let him defend himself if a case for impeachment prospers. As to other
officials, our courts are functioning.
Much is expected from this President.
He has much work with the peace agreement with the Reds, another peace
agreement in war-torn Mindanao, cries of justice among both victims and
believers of Martial Law, the disillusionment with EDSA and the corruption it
brought, and the many pending cases on plunder. Only a Filipino can bring peace
to the Philippines. Not a tribunal perceived to favor rich countries. And if
ever they choose the Philippine situation, we are just here at The Hague and we
will defend the President. He IS the lawful head of state and he is not even 1
year in office. If Duterte cant come up with a peace agreement, no one else
will. After all, he is from Mindanao and he is our only hope for a PEACE
AGREEMENT in a conflict that has spun centuries.
Sen. Miriam said we have no sense of
shared destiny. Let that ring loud and clear to both government officials and
citizens. WE MUST HAVE A BRAIN when it comes to saying whats best for the
country. Anyone who speaks must know whether they speak for the majority or
not. If the people have spoken, the opposition's turn comes in the next
elections. If you are discontented, the courts are there and functioning and
dont tell me the opposition didnt use them as it suited them when they were in
power. So instead of spreading fear and an atmosphere of instability, gather
your evidence and go to court. Those who spread fear cannot convice the
majority with facts. It is a comic representation of Armageddon because no one
has seen it.
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Thanks you madam for speaking the real political situation in the country only the Filipinos themselves can bring peace. PRRD is rare leader brave,honest and patriotic his love of country is true. After him it will take the country another hundred years to
ReplyDeletehave another leader like him, like Heneral A. Luna or worst never at all.God has given us this unique man to us Filipinos,therefore we should take care of him and defend him at all cost.