Pimentel urges BBM to rejoin ICC

Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel III has urged President Marcos to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) following congressional investigations on alleged state-sanctioned killings during the previous administration.

- MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB

Pimentel made the call to the Chief Executive in his speech during a foreign policy address at the Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday.

"Let us rejoin the ICC. We should treat this as our 'insurance policy' just in case 'our system' fails us and we get to elect an abusive, tyrannical, heartless leader and our justice system fails us too," Pimentel said in his speech.