Tag: ICC petition

Former solon to represent opposition senators in ICC withdrawal oral arguments

(Eagle News) — Former Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez will represent the opposition senators who filed a petition against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before the Supreme Court. Gutierrez formally entered his appearance as counsel for Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV after the High Court denied De Lima’s appeal she be allowed to represent herself and her co-petitioners in the oral arguments […]

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SC urged to allow De Lima to argue vs planned ICC withdrawal via live video or audio feed from jail

(Eagle News) — Opposition senators on Thursday, Aug. 23, urged the Supreme Court to allow detained Senator Leila de Lima to participate in oral arguments on the petition against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, but this time, via an audio feed or live video from jail. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, De Lima, Risa Hontiveros, and Antonio Trillanes IV made the request in a seven-page motion for […]

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SC denies De Lima’s appeal she be allowed to personally appear in oral arguments on ICC petition

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied detained Senator Leila de Lima’s appeal she be allowed to personally represent herself in oral arguments on the petition she and several others filed against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In denying De Lima’s appeal, the SC en banc, voting 10-2, said her motion for reconsideration presented no new argument that warrants a reversal of the High Court’s earlier decision. In its earlier […]

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De Lima appeals SC decision vs her participation in ICC petition oral arguments

(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision denying her request she be allowed to participate in debates on the petition against the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In her motion for reconsideration, De Lima said she was only asking she be allowed to travel from Camp Crame, where she is detained on drug charges, to the SC in Manila and vice versa, for […]

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SC resets oral arguments on ICC petition anew

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reset anew oral arguments on the petition against the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Instead of Aug. 14, they will be held on Aug. 28, the SC Public Information Office said. The SC said it would release a resolution on the same on Tuesday, Aug. 14. The postponement comes after the SC junked a petition filed by opposition senators for detained Senator Leila de Lima […]

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