Dutton threatens to pull Australia from [international] criminal court
Dutton threatens to pull Australia from [international] criminal court
The opposition leader has floated withdrawing Australia from the world's top criminal court after taking issue with prosecutors pursuing Israeli leaders.
Mr Dutton says the Albanese government should pressure the court “to make sure that they reverse this terrible decision”.
The opposition leader says a coalition government could cut ties with the court if it failed to bow to pressure.
“I don’t rule it out,” he said on Wednesday.
“But I think the pressure at the moment needs to be for like-minded countries that share our values, to stand shoulder-to-shoulder … to make sure that this anti-Semitic stance that they’ve taken does not advance.”
Only a handful of state parties have withdrawn from the court and two of those countries rescinded their withdrawal before it came into effect.
Total fuckwit. You can criticise Labor for not being bold enough in international relations - but the LNP don’t give a shit about International relations, Morrison made that very clear to us and a Dutton government is a very scary prospect. Can’t believe that I actually believed David Littleproud when he said that the Coalition would be moving back to the “sensible center” after the election loss.
Can’t believe that I actually believed David Littleproud when he said that the Coalition would be moving back to the “sensible center” after the election loss
It was always obvious that that wouldn't happen. Logistically, how could it? All their more moderate members lost to even more moderate independents, or to the Greens. There's no "moderate" remaining in the parliamentary Liberal Party.
Dutton is the high school tough guy who spends the entirety of his time calling others pussies.
No, dutton is a calculating and extremely cunning fascist.
He is not stupid, he is not childish, he is a terrifying man who has meticulously climbed the rungs of power in order to manipulate policy in favour of his terrible designs.
Don't minimise the danger he poses, dumb thugs don't become leader of the LNP.
I'm not sure Dutton wants to pull on this thread. Part of the social contract is that bad people are put away. Now like it or not, BOTH sides here have committed war crimes. You wanna let them get away with it? No worries! So we no longer care about stopping acts of evil and righting wrong?
Jesus you best hope I dont see you at a pedestrian crossing Dutton cause if theres no right or wrong it's up to my own personal sense of justice, isnt it?
If they had any guts, Labor would use this relentlessly to paint Dutton as "soft on crime".
That or it's all just a smokescreen to get out of the court so he can commit even more severe human rights violations against asylum seekers or something?
“But I think the pressure at the moment needs to be for like-minded countries that share our values, to stand shoulder-to-shoulder
Definitely. The pressure should be on Australia to join Ireland, Norway and Spain.
This guy is way too fucking bald
Anyone who wants to pull from the ICC is an albatross anyhow