Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (File photo) MANILA - Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Sunday lashed out at the daily broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) for publishing two reports about groups opposing his nomination for a seat at the UN International Law Commission (ILC), a body of experts tasked with developing and codifying international law. Roque said "malice is present" in PDI's two stories titled "Protests mar Roque's New York City reception" and "Asia-Pacific lawyers' group opposes nomination of Roque to UN commission", which were both published on Sunday. "The Philippine Daily Inquirer's malice is very clear in its two recent stories against me regarding my candidature for the ILC. It is effectively a persecution," he said in a press statement. He pointed out that the first PDI report quoted protesters who referred to him as a "war criminal" and a "human rights violator" and edito
PRESIDENTIAL Spokesman Harry Roque condemned the “malicious” report, which allegedly portrayed him as a war criminal. In a statement issued last Sunday, Roque singled out the article of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) on the protest held by Bayan-USA in the restaurant in New York, where he was supposedly entertaining…
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