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Digong says he will not face ‘white’ judges in ICC probe

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President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated he will not face “white” judges and will not allow himself to be jailed if not sentenced by Filipino judges amid the move of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged crimes against humanity in his administration’s drug war.

“I will not, for the life of me, face a tribunal with the judges who are all whites. I will not face these white people,” Duterte said in his speech during the inspection of the General Santos City Airport Passenger Terminal Building.

It will be recalled that Duterte, who criticized the ICC for authorizing a full inquiry on his administration’s drug war, claimed that the court does not have jurisdiction over Philippine affairs.

“I will never accept jurisdiction. Even if hell freezes over, I will not accept their nonsense,” Duterte said. He said he would only stand on trial before a Filipino judge in the country and be detained in a Philippine prison rather than face “white people” at the ICC.

Duterte said the ICC knows nothing about “domestic crimes,” especially in areas where shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride is openly sold in the streets.

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The international tribunal, which has temporarily suspended its Philippine drug war investigation, has a current slate of 18 full-time judges, but only some of whom appear to be white.

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