ICC assistant to counsel, di raw maganda ang naidudulot ng pagdumog ng supporters ni FPRRD sa ICC

- Atty. Kristina Conti, ICC assistant to counsel, had an interview with Karen Davila over the ICC

- One of the things that she mentioned was the impact of the actions of supporters of the former president Rodrigo Duterte with regards to the current ICC judges

- She said that the manner by which FPRRD supporters flock to the ICC X accounts, as well as that of the judges, may be detrimental to a possible grant of an interim release

- Conti cited Article 70 of the Rome Statute which covers offenses against the administration of justice within the ICC

Atty. Kristina Conti shared her thoughts on the action of many of former president Rodrigo Duterte's supporters, wherein they would flood the social media accounts of the ICC judges, particularly that of Presiding Judge Iulia Antoanella Motoc.

During an interview with Karen Davila on ANC, Conti said that these actions might not work for the eventual granting of an interim release.

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"We need to take jurisdiction, we need to take cognizance of this case. Because we throw back this case to the Philippines, magkagulo. Two, I think it weighs against the grant of an interim release, precisely he would ask to go back to the Philippines, mahirap na..."

Conti also cited Article 70 of the Rome Statute, wherein it states that there would be additional penalty for offences against the administration of justice within the International Criminal Court.

The LinkedIn post of ICC Judge Motoc was actually flooded with comments, with many of them asking for the return of FPRRD to the Philippines.

In the same interview, Conti said that at the ICC, victims also have their own representation. They would include surviving kin of the deceased victims.

News, photos or videos that arouse the interest of netizens would often go viral on social media, due to the attention netizens give them. These viral posts appeal to the emotions of netizens, and in rare cases, such could also happen to ordinary people, making them very relatable to just about simply everyone.

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Meanwhile, GMA News took to Instagram to warn about a fake video that is being spread on social media. According to GMA News, the fake "prayer rally video" for PRRD in Cebu was edited, and that the original was actually their video taken during the Sinulog. The network then shared a side by side comparison of the fake video vis-a-vis the real video that they shot from Sinulog Festival. GMA also explained that the video was during a procession of the devotees on January 17, 2025.

In other news, illicit drug trade disguised as a parcel distribution center was recently uncovered by authorities. In a surveillance video shared on 24 Oras Weekend, one can see an individual receiving a parcel from a rider in front of an apartment building. Subsequently, another person seen waiting for another set of package in the same place. Authorities later swooped down on the said parcel distribution center and seized pastic bag and sachets of suspected illegal substance with an estimated street value of around 6.8 million pesos.

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