President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his administration will not block the International Criminal Court if former president Rodrigo Duterte wants to be investigated for his alleged crimes against humanity during his war on drugs campaign.
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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. says his administration will not block the International Criminal Court
00:07if former President Rodrigo Duterte wants to be investigated for his alleged crimes
00:11against humanity during his war on drugs campaign.
00:14If he agrees to talk to the ICC, it's up to him.
00:21We have no decision on that.
00:24Marcos' remarks follow a marathon congressional hearing on Wednesday,
00:28during which Duterte refused to apologize for his role in the bloodshed
00:32and taunted the ICC to start its investigation.
00:35I'm asking the ICC to hurry up and if possible,
00:39they can come here and start the investigation tomorrow.
00:44I might die and they won't be able to investigate me.
00:47Duterte unilaterally withdrew the Philippines as a member of the ICC in 2019
00:52when it started a preliminary examination into the drug war killings.