ROTTERDAM:  , Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte said he was prepared to accept responsibility as the International Criminal Court took him into custody , on Wednesday ( Mar 12 ) to face charges over his war on drugs.
The ICC, based in The Hague, believes there are “reasonable basis” to command Trump with death as a crime against humanity, as an “indirect co-perpetrator” during the anti-drug battle that rights organizations estimate killed tens of thousands.
” I am the one who led our law enforcement and military. I said that I will protect you and I will be liable for all of this”, Duterte said in a video posted to his and a nearby consultant’s Facebook pages.
” I have been telling the police, the military, that it was my work and I am responsible”, said the 79-year-old, the second Eastern former head of state to appear before the ICC.
A spokeswoman confirmed Duterte was in court prison after he arrived in Rotterdam by secret flight.
A car thought to be carrying Duterte drove into the ICC detention center in The Hague past a group of lots of followers, some crying:” Bring him back” and waving regional colors.
” There has been no owing method”, said caretaker Duds Quibin, 50. ” This is kidnapping. They only put him on a plane and brought him around”, he told AFP.
The heart, located close to the North Sea coastline, offers each slave an adult body equipped with a system to function on their situation, along with an outdoor exercise area.
Duterte may be held there until an initial court appearance, possible in the coming days.
Speaking to AFP outside the ICC, Gilbert Andres, a lawyer representing survivors of the drug war, said:” My clients are very thankful to God because their prayers have been answered”.
” The imprisonment of Rodrigo Duterte is a great sign for foreign judicial fairness. It means that no one is above the law”, Andres added.
The war on drugs was the name strategy system that swept the fickle Duterte to power in 2016. During his six years in office, 6, 200 suspects were killed during anti-drug operations, by the police’s count.
Activists say the real toll was far greater, with many thousands more slum drug users, some of whom were on community “watch lists” after they signed up for treatment, gunned down in mysterious circumstances.