WHEN MORAL POSTURING MEANS NOTHING BUT PARTISAN POLITICS
The Senate passed a resolution urging the International Criminal Court to put President Rodrigo Duterte under house arrest in a country that would agree to the conditions set by its Pre-trial Chamber. Was the basis of the senators who voted in favor of the senate resolution simply asking for compassion? It goes beyond that. The request is rooted on a fundamental legal principle. It is a violation of the right to due process of the accused if the same is tried when in fact one is no longer fit to fully understand the legal proceedings. The above is a matter that the ICC will determine through its experts who will look into the health condition of the former President before the ICC decides whether there's merit to the granting of the prayer for the interim release of the former leader due to poor health. It's up to the ICC whether it will grant the petition, not the critics of the former President. But there's something more than what meets the eye. The issue runs deep in...