Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday that he had decided to cut ties with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the court denied the government’s appeal to cease a probe into his predecessor’s brutal war on drugs.
“At this point, we essentially are disengaging from any contact, from any communication,” Marcos told reporters, according to a state-run news agency.
Marcos said the Philippines “cannot cooperate with the ICC, considering the very serious questions about their jurisdiction and about what we consider to be interference and practically attacks on the sovereignty of the republic.”
The ICC stated in an eight-page decision [pdf] on Monday that it had rejected the Philippine government’s appeal because there was a lack of “persuasive reasons” for the court to halt the investigation….