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GMA Network
5 days ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
Palace on Imee bill vs. handing over Pinoys to int'l court: Good luck
Malacanang on Thursday wished Sen. Imee Marcos luck on her filing a measure seeking a ban on arresting or detaining any person in the Philippines and then transferring them to the custody of an international tribunal without a warrant from a local court. ''Trabaho naman po ng isang senador na gumawa ng makabuluhan na batas para sa taumbayan, sa ikauunlad ng bansa, hindi para sa pansariling kapakanan,'' Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said. (It is the job of a senator to craft laws that are relevant to the people, for the progress of the country, and not for selfish interests.) In the explanatory note of Senate Bill No. 557, also dubbed the President Rodrigo R. Duterte Act, Imee Marcos called the arrest and turn over of the former president to the International Criminal Court 'abuses by the authorities,' which may also happen to others. "What took place on that fateful day was an extraordinary rendition—the transfer without due process of a detainee to the custody of a foreign jurisdiction," Imee Marcos said. Duterte was arrested in the Philippines by local authorities on March 11, based on a warrant of arrest issued by the ICC, a move that has since been criticized as unlawful by the senator. The sister of President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. has said there were glaring violations in Duterte's arrest. Duterte is currently detained in the Scheveningen Prison in The Hague for charges of crimes against humanity for the extrajudicial killings during the drug war. –NB, GMA Integrated News
Filipino Times
6 days ago
- Politics
- Filipino Times
Imee Marcos Files ‘PRRD Act' to Ban Warrantless Transfer of Filipinos to Foreign Courts
Senator Imee Marcos has filed a bill that seeks to prohibit the arrest or detention of any person in the Philippines for transfer to a foreign or international court without a valid warrant issued by a Philippine court. The proposed Senate Bill No. 557, dubbed the 'President Rodrigo R. Duterte Act,' cites the arrest and handover of former President Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a 'form of abuse' that could also happen to others. 'What happened was an extraordinary rendition — a transfer without due process to a foreign jurisdiction,' Marcos said in her explanatory note. She emphasized the need to legally bar such actions, calling them unconstitutional and grounds for punishment under the proposed law. Under the measure, the following acts would be banned: Turning over or detaining any individual for an international body without a local court order; Assisting in investigations or arrests on behalf of foreign courts without proper authorization from the DOJ and DILG; Transferring persons to a foreign state or tribunal without their consent or an applicable treaty. The bill also seeks to: Freeze assets of persons charged under the act; Bar foreign agents from entering the country to carry out unauthorized probes or arrests; Allow affected individuals to pursue legal remedies; Require the Department of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the return of citizens subjected to 'extraordinary rendition.' Marcos' proposal comes amid Duterte's detention in The Hague over ICC charges linked to drug war killings. He was arrested in the Philippines on March 11 by local authorities acting on an ICC warrant.
