MANILA, Philippines – Hindi dapat sisihin ang pamahalaan sa nararanasang “legal problem” ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, sinabi ni
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile nitong Martes, Marso 11.
Ito ay kasunod ng pagkakaaresto kay Duterte matapos ang warrant na inisyu ng International Criminal Court sa The Hague.
”The current legal problem of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte is not caused by Philippine laws. His legal problem is caused by laws enforceable by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is not correct to blame the Philippine government for the current legal problem of ex-PRRD,” ani Enrile.
”His lawyers should endeavor to secure a copy of the ICC charges against him so that they will know why he was ordered to be arrested by the ICC. Philippine domestic laws have nothing to do with his current legal problem,” dagdag niya.
Tinawag naman ni dating presidential legal counsel Atty. Salvador Panelo ang pag-aresto kay Duterte bilang ‘unlawful.’
Kasunod ng pag-aresto, sinabi ni Panelo na ”not only are we headed to a dictatorship, it would appear now that we have one.”
Binanggit niya rin na maging ang mga abogado ni Duterte ay pinagbawalang makapasok sa Villamor Air Base kung saan siya unang dinala.
Matatandaan na sinabi ni Duterte na handa niyang harapin ang warrant of arrest na ilalabas ng ICC dahil sa kanyang kontrobersyal na war on drugs. RNT/JGC
