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Rep. Barbers: ICC free to use Pogo, drug trade hearings for probe
Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers stated that the International Criminal Court (ICC) can utilize records from ongoing House of Representatives quad-committee hearings concerning illegal activities, including the previous administration's war on drugs, Pogo, and human rights violations.
Barbers, who heads the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, highlighted that these hearing records are publicly accessible.
He mentioned that transcripts and other records from the hearings are available for anyone to use, including the ICC.
The lawmaker asserted that the House has no control over how the ICC might use these public records for their investigation.
Meanwhile, Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante, chairperson of the House Committee on Human Rights, expressed his opposition to the ICC using his committee's records.
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