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PARA sa isang retiradong mahistrado ng Korte Suprema, nagkamali ang gobyerno nang isuko sa International Criminal Court (ICC) si former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Sa ikatlong pagdinig ng Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, hayagang sinabi ni dating Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna Jr na bagamat may obligasyon pa rin ang Pilipinas sa ICC sa kabila ng pagkalas sa Rome Statute noong 2019, may mga prosesong nilaktawan ang gobyerno.
“The warrant of arrest is legal. However, I believe that the surrender is not. Because the surrender must be pursuant to a treaty and therefore our own law, Section 17 of Republic Act 9851, brought back the statute of Rome even after withdrawal because it requires that a surrender must be pursuant to the applicable treaty,” wika ni Azcuna.
“And therefore, in this case the applicable treaty remains the Statute of Rome and thus, we have to follow Article 59 of the Statute of Rome that requires that the custodial state—namely the Philippines—must first bring the arrested person to a local court to determine two things,” dagdag pa niya.
Kumbinsido si Azcuna na may naganap na pag-abuso sa proseso ng pag-aresto kay Duterte lalo pa’t hindi dumaan sa lokal na husgado ang inarestong dating pangulo.
“Calls for bringing the person to Philippine court first before surrendering the person to ICC. So if you do not follow, that it can be argued that there is what they call abuse of process.”
