The dispositive portion of the Preliminary Examination report of the “crimes against humanity” Complaint against Duterte in the International Criminal Court is embedded below.
(jpeg of document rightclicked from the ICC twitter site)
This means that the case will move forward to investigation, and it is a step closer to indictment.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque was dismissive of the Preliminary Examination report by saying it was a waste of time and money and that the ICC had no jurisdiction.
He is putting up a brave front.
He knows that by NOT participating in the ICC investigation, the evidence presented against Duterte remains uncontroverted.
President Duterte is a former prosecutor : He knows what “uncontroverted” means in a criminal investigation (a term often used by fiscals), and he knows what the usual result is if the evidence is uncontroverted.
Magtutuloy-tuloy po iyan.
…up to its logical conclusion.
(The solution he has in mind is political, in 2022 — so the would-be accused, if ever, could not be turned over).
Pero hindi po nagpre-prescribe yan ( See Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity). Ano po ang balak nyo?
Viber-texting the following to friends while waiting for the Faculty Assembly to start at 1:30 pm : “When i saw on CNN that certain states in the US have started administering Pfizer anti-corona vaccine today , i started emailing my sister in California to FedEx to me seven vials, then i also thought of other relatives and of friends so I typed, 21 vials in all… Then i heard in the news report the word “Deep -freeze”. Nyarks!!! i just remembered. The living virus filaments and parts of the microorganism that are the active component of the vaccine will NOT survive the FedEx delivery! huhuhu😭😭😭 The tiny things will die… “
