PHThis was made clear in a four-page decision dated May 6 and signed by Presiding Judge Iulia Antoanella Motoc. “A judge’s excusal from the exercise of a function may only be sought by the concerned judge directly before the Presidency, as opposed to disqualification for which the person being prosecuted may submit a request before the Presidency. The possibility for that person to invite or request judges to seek excusal before the Presidency is thus not contemplated in the statutory texts,” the decision reads. Earlier, Duterte’s counsel filed the “Invitation to petition the Presidency for a partial Excusal” of Judge Reine Adélaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou and Judge María del Socorro Flores Liera from exercising their functions in Pre-Trial Chamber I on the specific issue of Jurisdiction, given the possibility of “perceived bias.”
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