Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, March 31, slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its failure to investigate Western nations for countless crimes against humanity. The presidential sister was apparently reacting to the continued pressure of the ICC to investigate alleged human rights violations of the Duterte administration in pursuing its bloody drugs campaign. President Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr. has stated that the rule of law prevails in the Philippines, stressing that its criminal and justice system is functioning fully. In a statement, the lady lawmaker cited ‘’one glaring example of such failure concerns the 2003 war on Iraq which was pursued by Western powers, based on non-existent weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and in violation of resolutions by the United Nations". ‘’More than a million Iraqi soldiers and civilians were killed and displaced by that horrible war. Selective justice, anyone?" she asked. Marcos said this month marks the 20th year of the ICC's failure to bring those responsible to account. The West's oft-invoked cliché about upholding an "international rules-based order" is apparently a sham, she pointed out. ‘’Picking on African nations and other ‘low-hanging fruit’ like the Philippines is easier for the ICC. The perpetual circus of putting leaders of less developed countries on trial seeks to divert the world's attention from the crimes against humanity committed by the West. This diversion is necessary to prop up the false image of Western nations as the unimpeachable protectors of human rights,’’ she said. ‘’In case you haven't noticed, human rights issues are openly used as pressure points, as bargaining chips to serve Western neo-colonialism's intertwined political, economic, and military agenda,’’ she added. Marcos said that nine out of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries do not trust the ICC and have either withheld or withdrawn their membership in the court.