The International Criminal Court’s investigation into the extrajudicial killings during the previous administration is “not an issue to” Philippine sovereignty, said Senate Minority leader Koko Pimentel. | JMangaluzINQ
“This is not an issue of sovereignty because actually, we should decide to cooperate. It’s already the exercise of our sovereignty that we want to cooperate,” said Pimentel.
In an exclusive interview with INQUIRER.net, Pimentel explained that the Philippines should choose to cooperate as a responsible member of the international community. The country also signed the Rome statute, making it a member of the ICC.during his term, Pimentel said that the Philippines is still “expected to cooperate with [respect] to investigations covering the time period when [the country was] still a member.
Pimentel was also asked whether he thought the EJKs were excessive, since he was already a senator during the operation’s height. “There have been unexplained killings, unnecessary killings, so these should have been investigated by our own law enforcement agencies and investigative agencies, so I think that the families of the victims have been crying for justice or for an official finding of what happened,” he said.
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