Lawyer for Philippine president calls ICC complaint 'propaganda'


  • World
  • Monday, 24 Apr 2017

MANILA (Reuters) - The chief lawyer for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday dismissed a complaint made against the leader and his top officials at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as "propaganda", and doubted it had jurisdiction over the issue.

In a telephone interview with news channel ANC, Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the 77-page complaint filed by a Philippine lawyer Jude Sabio accusing Duterte of crimes against humanity was an attempted slur by the president's opponents.

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