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Global News - Inquirer.net on MSNDuterte now wants ICC judges DQ’dAfter failing to get two of the International Criminal Court (ICC) judges to excuse themselves from the case of former President Rodrigo Duterte, his defense team now wants them disqualified for supposedly having already decided on the issue of jurisdiction when they allowed the prosecution in 2021 to open a probe into the drug war.
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Philstar.com on MSNDuterte win doesn't erase drug war crimes, says EJK victims' lawyerA lawyer for drug war victims shrugged off remarks that former President Rodrigo Duterte's landslide win in Davao City amounts to a public vindication as "elections do not erase nor forgive crimes against humanity.
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The Manila Times on MSNDuterte win in Davao City rejection of govt efforts to erase ex-president's legacy — lawyerFormer president Rodrigo Duterte's overwhelming victory in the Davao City mayoral race signals a total rejection of the Marcos administration's efforts to erase the former president's legacy, according to his lead counsel before the International Criminal Court (ICC),
Legal experts explain that, despite his arrest, no one challenged his eligibility to run for public office. The residents of Davao have shown absolute loyalty at the polls to 'The Punisher.' This was the nickname earned by Rodrigo Duterte for his over two decades as mayor of this Filipino city leading bloody campaigns against drug traffickers,
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Rodrigo Duterte is being held at The Hague. Next week he might be elected mayor of his hometownFormer Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is awaiting trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity, over a brutal war on drug dealers that killed possibly thousands of people, including many innocents and bystanders, with barely any kind of due process.
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Inquirer.net on MSNDuterte allies to form ‘solid bloc’ in Senate, says Dela RosaWill the “Duterte bloc” join the opposition or the majority group in the Senate? It’s all still up in the air, as far as Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is concerned. “I don’t know. Everything can be discussed.
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Philstar.com on MSNRody Duterte won — but can he serve? A legal expert explainsDetained former President Rodrigo Duterte’s assumption of the mayoral office will depend on the Commission on Elections, a legal expert said.