Senator Imee Marcos filed a Senate resolution seeking an inquiry into the “impolite intrusion” and “unwarranted presence of various intergovernmental organizations” in the country.
In Senate Resolution No. 927, Marcos said she was referring to the United Nations (UN) and International Criminal Court (ICC) representatives.
Marcos’ four-page resolution cited the supposed visit of ICC investigators to the country in December.
The senator said the supposed unwarranted presence of these groups “poses a threat to the country’s independence and sovereignty.”
She said that it is the prerogative of the Philippines to formulate, launch, and implement programs that address the peace and order situation of the country and ensure the general welfare of the people.
“These undue interferences could prove counterproductive to the country’s staunch fight against terrorism, armed conflict, illegal drugs, crimes, and other acts that pose a serious threat to public security and public order,” she said.
Marcos also mentioned the visit of UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan from late January to early February where the UN official recommended, among others, the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
“The abovementioned actions of the representatives of the UN and the ICC have become allegedly an impolite intrusion against the independence, sovereignty, and prerogative of the Philippines to formulate, launch, and implement programs that address the peace and order situation of the country and ensure the general welfare of the people,” Marcos said in her resolution.
Marcos asserted that since the NTF-ELCAC was created, it had accomplished more than any other administrations in neutralizing the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).