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LAWYERJude Sabio ves-
terday rcvealed thaf he
will be withdrawing the
case he fited
against President Du-
terte before the Interna-
tional Cdminal Court
(ICC) for crimes aeainst
humanitv.
Sabio,iryho was the taw-
yer of self-confessed
Davao Death Souad
(DDS) member Elear
Matobato, disclosed tlat
he would personally sub-
mithis letter of withdraw-
al to ICC prosecutor Fa-
tou Bensouda at the soon-
. aggressive campaign
est possible time.
"I alsofervenflvteouest
that the legalmatier oind-
ingwithyourofficeiirela-
tion to the war on drues in
the Philippines shouli be
set aside and thrashed for
being jus! a part of the
political profaganda of
. Senator lAntoniol lril_
lanes, Senator [L€ila] De
Lima, and their LpJed
opposition of which I do
not {4.ish to be a part.,, a
portion of Sabio,i letter.
which lawyer Larry Ga-
don provided to media
men, read in Dart.
Gadon alsb sent oho-
tos and video ofSabio iirn-
ing the letter ro the ICe.
Sabio filed a complaint
before rhe ICC ii The
Hqgue,\Netherlands, ac-
cusing President Rodrieo
Duterte and 11 other g&-
errmen t officials of crimes
against humaniw.
According to irim, Du-
terte violated the Articles
of the Rome Statute
through commission of
mass mutder or exhaiu-
diciale<ecutionsdurine ft is
term as Davao Gty m;yor
and now President of the
Philippines through his
against iiJegal drugi. "
Aside from Duterte,
alqo included in the case
were then Philippine Na-
tional Police chiaf'Diector
General Ronald,,Bato,,
dela Rosa, Justice Secre-
tary Vitaliano Aeuirre tr.
Senator AIan Pet6r Cayet-
anq Sena tor Richard ior-
dor! Howe"spealer pan-
taleon Alvarez, Solicitror
General lose Calida, and
National Bureau of Inves-
tigation director Dante
Gierran. 1qrg_?