FACT CHECK: BBM’s claim that ICC can only act if a country has no ‘functioning judiciary’ needs context

According to the ICC, it intends “to complement, not to replace” national courts. It only intervenes when a State is unable or unwilling to genuinely carry out the investigation and prosecute those responsible for international crimes.

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FACT CHECK: BBM’s claim his family ‘had no chance’ to answer the P203-B tax case is false

Bongbong and Imelda Marcos are the co-administrators of the Estate of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Based on the Tax Code and implementing regulations, the payment of estate tax is imposed upon the administrator of the said estate.

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