MANILA - Senator Imee Marcos rejected the idea of former President Rodrigo Duterte facing the International Criminal Court. 

 "Ayokong nanghihimasok ang mga dayuhan sa atin. Talagang insulto sa ating judiciary na ang taas-taas naman ang pagtingin ko sa kanila kahit mabagal talaga naman puspusan na kinakarir ng ating mga judges. E ganyan naman ang sitwasyon. Bakit papakialaman? E di sirain na natin lahat ng korte natin. Napaka-insulto naman yata sa ating soberanya kung manghihimasok pa sila,” Marcos said in ABS-CBN's Harapan.

 “Higit sa lahat, hindi na tayo member ng ICC. Wala na tayo dyan sa sinasabing Rome Statute. Kung saan, napakaliwanag, kapag walang korte, tsaka lang sila papasok, eh, buong-buo naman ang hudikatura natin, ang gagaling pa ng ating judges."

Malacañang earlier reiterated that the Philippines is not changing its position on the International Criminal Court’s ongoing probe into the Duterte administration’s violent campaign against drugs.

 Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said the government’s position that while the Philippines has already withdrawn from the ICC, they cannot ignore any request made by the international tribunal that will be coursed through Interpol, of which the Philippines is still a member.

"We have withdrawn from the ICC, membership from the ICC and that withdrawal is now already in effect," said Bersamin.

 "Pero, we have been very clear in our statements regarding this, if the ICC makes a move, and courses the move through the Interpol and the Interpol makes the request to us for the arrest or delivery of the custody of a person subject to ICC jurisdiction, we will respond, favorably or positively to the Interpol request, kasi nagbe-benefit din tayo sa Interpol in other cases,” he also said.