President Rodrigo Duterte “should stop throwing due process into disarray and acting like a Marcos copycat,” Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Sunday. Fatou Bensouda is the ICC prosecutor conducting preliminary examination into the alleged human rights violations under Duterte’s regime. READ: Duterte threatens to have ICC prosecutors arrested if they go to PHHontiveros questioned the statements of the President, noting that he “cannot order anyone arrested.”“Our Constitution reserves that power for our judges. President Duterte should stop throwing due process into disarray and acting like a Marcos copycat,” Hontiveros said in a statement. The opposition senator also pointed out that it was Duterte who was charged before the international court with crimes against humanity.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 15, 2018 03:00 UTC