Israeli Premier is the goal of an international arrest warrant
The Hungary government announced on Thursday (3) its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), immediately after the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the country.
The Israeli premier is the goal of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes and against humanity during the conflict of strip of Gaza. In the last few days, the ICC has put pressure on the Hungarian authorities to arrest Netanyahu during his visit, given that the country is part of the agency.
“Hungary will leave the international criminal court. The withdrawal process will begin in accordance with constitutional and international legal obligations,” wrote the Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs in X.
During a press conference, Gergely Gulyas, head of the staff of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who had already said that he would not have fulfilled the Tpi mandate, said that “the ICC was a respectable initiative, but in recent times it has become a political organ”, and the accusation against Netanyahu “is the saddest example of this”.
Furthermore, he underlined that the Hungarian government considers all this unacceptable and therefore decided to abandon the ICC.
Gulyas also spoke of the “serious concerns” that emerged internationally regarding TPI activities in recent times, observing that the United States, China and Turkey have never been part of the court and that the United States congress has decided to sanction the judges of the court.
Examples in Europe cited by the minister also distinguish Germany and Poland who have guaranteed immunity to the Israeli Prime Minister if he traveled in their respective countries, despite the legal obligations deriving from adherence to the Rome Statute.
“All this clearly shows that the TPI activities have moved away from its original purpose and, since politics has become a court, Hungary no longer wants to be part of it,” added Gulyás.
On the other hand, a TPI spokesman recalled that Hungary continues to collaborate with the Court and ensured that the Court followed its standard procedures after the detention mandate was issued against the Israeli Prime Minister.
The announcement comes after the arrival in Budapest of Netanyahu, who called the Hungary’s decision as a measure of “courageous and principles”. “It is important to face this corrupt organization,” he said, mentioned by The Guardian.
Hungary is the first EU Member State to accept the Prime Minister without following the decision of the Court. Today, the German chancellor Olaf Scholz also called “unimaginable” the possibility of following the stopping mandate of the TPI against Netanyahu. .
Source: Terra
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