THE House quad-committee on Thursday formally invited former President Rodrigo Dutert to appear before the panel to address allegations of his involvement in extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during his administration’s bloody war on drugs.

MANILA: The International Criminal Court has allowed lawyer Dov Jacobs to withdraw as associate counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte. as lead defence counsel Nicholas Kaufman also sought permission to leave the former president's crimes against humanity case.

MPs voted 255 to 26 to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, daughter of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, in her second impeachment, on charges of corruption and an alleged assassination plot against once-ally President Ferdinand Marcos.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte has decided to replace his lead counsel Nicholas Kaufman ahead of his trial before the International Criminal Court

British barrister Peter Haynes KC (King's Counsel) has been named as the new lead counsel for former president Rodrigo Duterte in proceedings before the International Criminal Court (ICC) according to information circulating within ICC legal circles and records from his chambers in the United Kingdom.