Marcos can’t use de Lima acquittal for ignoring ICC, say Opposition lawmakers


Rep. Edcel Lagman. - Photo: Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN file

MANILA: Two Opposition lawmakers are questioning President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s use of former Sen. Leila de Lima’s recent acquittal as proof that the justice system is working — so the government need not cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) probe of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war.

“The much-belated acquittal of former Senator Leila De Lima of all the Duterte-fabricated drug charges against her does not evince that the Philippine justice system is working for all drug offenders and victims,” Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman, the Liberal Party president, said in a statement on Friday (June 28).

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