SolGen - ‘Di pipigilan, ‘di tutulungan ng admin ang ICC prosecutor sa pagkausap sa 5 tao

5 months ago

Hindi pipigilan ng Pilipinas ang mga prosecutor ng ICC sa pagkausap nito sa ilang tao kaugnay ng Duterte drug war, ayon sa solicitor general. Pero, hindi rin umano tutulong sa proseso ang gobyerno.

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00:00The Philippines will not stop the prosecutors of the ICC from talking to some people related to the Duterte drug war, according to the Solicitor General.

00:09But the government will not help in the process.

00:12Sandra Aguinaldo is on the scene.

00:14In the preparation of the International Criminal Court of ICC against the former President Rodrigo Duterte and other officials behind the bloody drug war of his administration,

00:30the ICC Office of the Prosecutor gave assistance to the government of the Philippines to interview the five people mentioned in a communication.

00:40According to Solicitor General Menardo Guevara, the government of the Philippines will not stop this because this is part of the process of applying for a warrant of arrest.

00:50The prosecutor needs to do this because before he applies for a warrant of arrest in the pre-trial chamber of the ICC,

01:01he needs to show that he investigated all the facts.

01:06Whether incriminating or exonerating, he needs to show that he did everything to give all persons concerned a chance to explain their position.

01:20But Guevara added that even if the government will not stop the prosecution of the ICC, it will not help in the process.

01:28The Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute in 2019 that violates the ICC.

01:34We have no relationship with the ICC. If they ask for cooperation from us, we have no legal duty to cooperate with them.

01:45Even if they want to continue their investigation, we cannot stop it.

01:52Guevara did not say who are the five people that the ICC prosecutor wants to talk to.

01:58But former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said in his social media post that he is the former PNP chief and now Senator Bato de la Rosa,

02:07former PNP chief Oscar Albayarde, former PNP generals Romeo Karamat Jr., Edelberto Leonardo, and Eleazar Mata.

02:17In the document released by Trillanes, he said that these people are suspects in the case related to the war against drugs.

02:24Albayarde said that he is ready to face the investigation.

02:27It is a big example for our sovereignty and it is also an example for our justices because we have a law here and justice, perfectly functioning judiciary, justice system here in our country.

02:43While Karamat was defended by Oplan Tukhang, the anti-drug campaign of the Duterte administration.

02:49In the province of Bulacan where I was the provincial director then, I could say that the Oplan Tukhang was very successful because there were so many surrenders during that time.

03:02Senator de la Rosa said that the allegations against him are like replicas.

03:09We would like to invite Mata and Leonardo.

03:12For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, Nakatutok 24 Horas.

SolGen - ‘Di pipigilan, ‘di tutulungan ng admin ang ICC prosecutor sa pagkausap sa 5 tao | 24 Oras

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