President Rodrigo Duterte once again declared that he will not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is slated to investigate the alleged crimes against humanity in his administration’s drug war.
In a speech on Thursday, Duterte said if he should be imprisoned for the killings, it should be in Philippine jails.
“They want me to go to prison. Well, maybe, but it has to be a Philippine prison and I must be judged by a judicial court of the Republic of the Philippines and I must be prosecuted, kailangan Pilipino,” Duterte said.
“Ano ba problema nila? Bakit sila pumunta dito? I will never accept jurisdiction. Mag-ice na ang impyerno, ‘di ako papayag sa kalokohan nila,” he added.
Duterte said that he will only face a court with Filipino judges.
He also assumed all responsibilities in all the killings in his bloody drug war.
“Wala naman tayong problema. Mayroon tayong mga kasalanan, admitted man ‘yan, either intentional or unintentional. Pero ‘yang sa droga, ‘di yan sinadya,” Duterte said.
“Pero ‘yong mga drug lords na ni-raid tapos pinatay at mga mayors, akin ‘yan,” he added.
“I assume full responsibility and if there’s anybody who should go to prison, it should not be the police or PDEA, it should be me because they were acting upon my orders,” Duterte said.
