MANILA, Philippines — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday said it was “a bit troubling” that it took the International Criminal Court (ICC) “over 4 [four] years of daily killings” under the Duterte administration’s drug war to find “reasonable basis to believe” that crimes against humanity were committed in the brutal anti-illegal drugs campaign.
“It doesn’t come as a surprise,” Pangilinan said in a statement, referring to the latest findings of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor.
“It is a bit troubling though that it took them over 4 years of daily killings to find ‘reasonable basis’. Perhaps if they acted sooner, thousands of lives could have been saved,” he added.
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