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Drilon: SC recognized that President's powers on foreign policy have limits


Published March 17, 2021 12:46pm
Drilon made the remark after the high court dismissed the petitions challenging President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to withdraw the Philippines from the ICC, which is looking into allegations of abuse in his war on drugs.
“While the Supreme Court dismissed the petition questioning the validity of the Philippine government’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute for being moot and academic, the High Court acknowledged the limitations on the power of the President as chief architect of foreign policy,” Drilon said in a statement.
Drilon was among the opposition senators who filed the petition, along with Senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, and Leila De Lima, and former Senators Bam Aquino and Antonio Trillanes IV. ....

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SC junks pleas vs. Philippines' exit from ICC


By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published March 16, 2021 2:22pm
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the petitions challenging President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to withdraw the Philippines from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is looking into allegations of abuse in his war on drugs.
According to the SC Public Information Office, the justices voted unanimously to junk the petitions for being moot. The Philippines formally exited the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, on March 17, 2019.
“The decision acknowledged that the President, as primary architect of foreign policy, is subject to the Constitution and existing statute,” the SC PIO said. ....

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SC junks petitions vs. ICC withdrawal | Philippine Canadian Inquirer


SC junks petitions vs. ICC withdrawal
Published 4 weeks ago
The decision by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen turned down the suit for being moot and academic, an SC statement read. (File Photo By Aerous – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)
MANILA – The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions questioning the Philippine government’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The decision by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen turned down the suit for being moot and academic, an SC statement read.
“The decision acknowledged that the President, as the primary architect of foreign policy, is subject to the Constitution and existing statute. Therefore, the power of the President to withdraw unilaterally can be limited by the conditions for concurrence by the Senate or when there is an existing law that authorizes the negotiation of a treaty or international agreement or when there is a statute that implements an existing treaty,” ....

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