In particular, the prosecutor said he had not been influenced by Prime Minister Raila Odinga or former UN chief Kofi Annan in any way in his case against the suspects. He said he cared very little about the country’s politics.
He also dismissed as unnecessary sideshows claims by one journalist that one of the suspects had called him an “evil man” outside the court and moments after the initial appearances of the three.“All these are invalid. You cannot kill people to make a career. To me and to the court as well, political life and issues have no merit in as far as this case or any other is concerned,” Ocampo said.
He said he was very impressed that the chamber had said it will fast track decisions on the admissibility challenge. He said Kenya however stood little chances of success.“The judges will decide, but promises are not enough. The standards of the court are that you have to prove you have a national case for the same incidents, same individuals, same charges… and that is not in the challenge, the challenge offer promises,” he said.
He claimed that Kenya did not need international intervention because ICC is part of the Kenyan system. He said ICC is an independent part of the Kenyan system because the country willingly joined the court.
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