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00:00When he arrived from Hong Kong, he immediately informed former President Rodrigo Duterte of the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court in Dernes.
00:09And until he was transferred to the Villamor Airbase, Duterte's accomplice investigated his arrest and the ICC's jurisdiction.
00:17Witness, Mackie Polido.
00:19In the plane he boarded from Hong Kong, former President Rodrigo Duterte talked to him about the warrant of arrest.
00:31The warrant of arrest.
00:33So, you will just have to kill me.
00:38If I don't pay you, you will be my accomplice.
00:44We will just go through the process.
00:48Before Duterte's flight landed, security in Naiya was even more tight and the police dispersed.
00:54PNP Chief Rommel Marbil and CIDG Chief Police Major General Nicolás Torre arrived,
01:00together with the Interpol or International Criminal Police Organization.
01:04They issued a warrant of arrest from the International Criminal Court or ICC for the case of Crimes Against Humanity against Duterte.
01:13In Alex Paul Monteagudo's FB Live, former National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Chief of Duterte,
01:19Torre and former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea were the only ones talking outside the boarding gate.
01:30When the plane left, Duterte was accompanied by his common law wife, Hanilet, daughter of Kitty,
01:36as well as their own security and former cabinet members.
01:39In Kitty's FB Live, there was a discussion between Duterte and Hanilet before they headed to the VIP area of Naiya Terminal 3.
01:47Where is Bing Bong? Bong! Bong! Bong, come here Bong, look at this.
01:52They are all drunk.
01:55You shouldn't be drinking.
01:57You shouldn't be drinking.
01:59I don't believe it.
02:01You don't believe it?
02:03Duterte boarded the PNP Coaster outside Naiya with Hanilet, Kitty, his lawyers, and his former cabinet secretaries.
02:11From the airport, they headed to the Villamor Air Base where Duterte was given a Miranda Ride.
02:17By virtue of the warrant of arrest issued by the ICC for Crimes Against Humanity,
02:23Sir, you have the right to remain silent.
02:26You have the right for counsel of your choice.
02:30Anything you say may be used for and against you in a court of law.
02:35And I want to ask you, sir, if you understand these rights.
02:39Of course, coming from you, it's very clear.
02:42Duterte was instructed on what crimes he committed.
02:46Pursuant to Article 2538 of the statute for Crimes Against Humanity,
02:52and pursuant to Article 718 of the same statute for murder committed in the Republic of the Philippines.
03:02It must be a murder, not a crime.
03:06And why was he sent to Villamor?
03:09Show to me now the legal basis for my being here.
03:16As I, apparently, I was brought here not of my own volition.
03:23Some members of his former cabinet questioned the ICC's jurisdiction.
03:28Do you know that he was not charged with any crime?
03:35He doesn't know.
03:37Even if he was a P.I.?
03:39He was already charged.
03:42And you don't know that this is what we are doing.
03:48We are following an entity that we are not a member of.
03:55We are withdrawing.
03:56It's questionable whether to arrest him or not.
04:00Inside the liberation hall, the former president was fed by the doctor.
04:04In the afternoon, his lawyers were outside the airbase.
04:07As a matter of constitutional right, even if you arrest a person,
04:12you are entitled to legal assistance as well as immediate medical assistance.
04:17I was asked for a copy of the warrant.
04:20There was none.
04:21In the afternoon, Duterte was sent a copy of the warrant of arrest from the International Criminal Court.
04:27March 7, the ICC pre-trial chamber issued the warrant of arrest for the former president.
04:33The pre-trial chamber accepted the need to arrest Duterte
04:37because the ICC prosecutor believes that there is no reasonable expectation
04:42that Duterte will get help when the summons from the court came out.
04:46But because in 2019, the Philippine Rome Statute was broken and the ICC is no longer a state party,
04:53Interpol processed the warrant.
04:56The government said before that they will follow if Interpol will pass the warrant.
05:00From Interpol, Manila, the warrant was passed to PCTC or Philippine Center on Transnational Crime,
05:07which processed the warrant for Duterte's arrest through the Law Enforcement Agency, PNP,
05:14which was carried out by CIDG.
05:17In Malacanang's statement, Prosecutor General Richard Padullon read the ICC notification.
05:23The prosecutor assured that according to the law, the process of receiving the warrant from the former president,
05:29if there are questions about the validity of the warrant, it should be questioned in the court that issued it.
05:35CIDG Chief Tore forced Duterte's family to bring him to the hospital.
05:40Tore wanted the booking procedure to be done at the Villamor Airbase.
05:44But Duterte's family wanted to do it in the hospital.
05:47Is that too much?
05:49Yes, that's too much.
05:50He's 18 years old.
05:52He's 18 years old.
05:54He's 18 years old.
05:57At one point, Kitty pulled back her mother, Hanilet.
06:01How many days have you been in jail?
06:03How many days have you been in jail?
06:05How many days have you been in jail?
06:07I've been in jail for six days.
06:09I've been in jail for six days.
06:11You're the president of the country.
06:13So that means that you are bumping on the inequality of the law?
06:17Yes, yes.
06:19For GMA Integrated News, I am Mackie Pulido, your witness.
06:25A few hours after the arrest warrant was issued against former President Rodrigo Duterte,
06:30his campus in Cortes Suprema collapsed.
06:32And in the social media posts of his daughter, Kitty,
06:35the former president's glucose level exceeded 300.
06:39That's why he refused to be admitted.
06:42Witness, Salima Refra.
06:45In the Instagram stories of the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, Kitty,
06:49at 6 o'clock in the evening, the former president was wearing a nasal cannula.
06:53And the caption, his father is getting weaker.
06:56Less than an hour after that post,
06:58Kitty posted that her father was being forced to leave the plane.
07:03This is what I'm telling you, sir, that we can do this thing.
07:06We're doing it.
07:07We can do this.
07:08Is that easy enough?
07:10We can do this.
07:11Is that easy enough?
07:13The easy way, sir, is for you to choose three people to operate.
07:19The hard way.
07:21Ma'am, ma'am.
07:23Tell us where to bring him.
07:25The hard way.
07:26F**k.
07:27The hard way.
07:30Kitty also posted her father's medical certificate.
07:33His glucose level exceeded 328.
07:37And he is being advised to be admitted to the hospital
07:39to avoid acute diabetes complication.
07:42When the former president was arrested,
07:44he was supposed to be treated by his fellow doctors
07:47and Senator Bong Go's ambulance in Naia.
07:50But they were close.
07:52He's already 80 years old.
07:54We really need to take care of him.
07:56Let's prioritize health first before anything else.
08:01We returned our passport.
08:04Duterte was directed to the Villamor Airbase.
08:06That's where Go headed.
08:08But he was not allowed in.
08:10And even when Duterte's partner, Honolette Avancena,
08:13followed him, he did not budge.
08:16I'm going down.
08:17He's going down.
08:18I'm going down so they can go back.
08:22I'm not going in.
08:24They were not allowed in even when Avancena's woman
08:27guarded the soldiers.
08:30What is that, sir?
08:31It's just a notary.
08:33It's just a notary.
08:34It's just a notary.
08:35It's just a notary.
08:37That's the instruction, sir.
08:38I erased the consent, sir.
08:40Unfortunately, sir.
08:41That's the instruction, sir.
08:43The document that they're getting,
08:45that's the only thing they'll bring.
08:47Through their lawyers,
08:49the former President Duterte and Senator Bato de la Rosa
08:52pleaded in the Supreme Court
08:54to stop the Philippines from following the ICC
08:57and to enforce its warrant against Duterte.
09:00In the Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition,
09:03the Philippines violated the law in the ICC warrant
09:07and questioned the constitutionality of the arrest of him.
09:11The petitioner also requested a temporary restraining order,
09:14preliminary prohibitory and mandatory injunction,
09:17and permanent injunction and prohibition
09:19that prohibits the following,
09:21cooperation and cooperation in the ICC
09:24and assistance to Interpol in enforcing any illegal action from the ICC.
09:29The petitioner also requested
09:31the release of the petitioners,
09:34Senators Duterte and de la Rosa,
09:36and others connected to the ICC investigation.
09:39Since the Philippines is no longer a party
09:42to the International Criminal Court,
09:44then it has no business anymore cooperating with such bodies,
09:49including the International Police, Interpol.
09:53We are earnestly praying to release outright from custody
09:58our beloved former President Rodrigo Duterte on the ground
10:03that his detention now is illegal, unconstitutional,
10:08and has no basis under the law.
10:11Respondents to the petition were
10:13Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamit,
10:15DOJ Secretary Boyeng Rimuya,
10:17DILG Secretary John Vic Rimuya,
10:19PNP Chief General Romel Marbil,
10:22CIDG Director General Nicolás Torre III,
10:25Solicitor General Menardo Guevara,
10:27DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo,
10:29AFP Chief General Romeo Browner,
10:32and Bureau of Immigration Commissioner.
10:34We are still trying to get a hold of the respondents.
10:37Meanwhile,
10:38Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile said
10:41that the law in the Philippines is not the result of Duterte's actions,
10:45but of the ICC.
10:47So it is not right for him to blame the government.
10:51Former President Rodrigo Duterte's lawyers should be able to get
10:54a copy of the cases against him
10:56to find out why he was arrested.
10:59The Philippine Domestic Laws has nothing to do with his legal problem.
11:04For GMA Integrated News,
11:06I am Sally Marefra,
11:08your witness.
11:11In various parts of the country,
11:13some groups and victims of extrajudicial killings in the Duterte Drug War.
11:18They are hoping that the former President's arrest will be a step towards justice.
11:24Witness Tina Panginiban Perez.
11:30The pictures of the victims of the Duterte Drug War are vivid.
11:33Their children were gathered in a mass in a church in Payatas, Quezon City.
11:39Teresita Campo,
11:41her daughter, Jonald, was brought to life
11:45while she was lying on the street in Payatas on November 27, 2016.
11:50She did not know if it was because of a drug overdose,
11:54because she was killed and was not taken away.
11:57I just went to my house.
11:59My daughter was lying on the street.
12:02She was cut in front of me.
12:04She was breathing.
12:05My daughter did not fight.
12:07She was just walking on the street.
12:09She was shot in the back.
12:11Three bullets were fired.
12:13I am so sorry.
12:14I am so sorry.
12:16I am so sorry that the Duterte was shot.
12:20Police suddenly broke into Maria Belen Daa's house on August 21, 2016
12:27and killed her daughter Marcelo Daa Jr. and four of her co-workers.
12:33The police broke in.
12:34They brought a gun and chicken meat.
12:37The chicken meat was under the gun.
12:39They were talking.
12:40One of them was just in jail.
12:42He was in jail.
12:44They were happy to arrest Duterte,
12:47who was found guilty of murder.
12:50He was in jail.
12:53That's all.
12:54He paid for everything that he was supposed to pay.
12:58Because the people there,
13:00he could be jailed if he was not going to be killed.
13:05The police are grateful for the arrest of former President Duterte
13:10and they also prayed for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings.
13:15This is a very unfortunate surprise.
13:18The warrant of arrest for President Duterte has been over.
13:27It is possible that the case will continue in the International Criminal Court.
13:34This will be a year of jubilee, freedom and justice,
13:44especially for the AJK families who survived.
13:52In a separate mass in Sacred Heart Parish,
13:54the 17-year-old Chuhid Nikian De Los Santos also had a message
13:59that according to witnesses, he was assaulted by the police
14:03and even though he was begging for mercy,
14:05he was shot in their anti-drug operation.
14:09My nephew was not brought to court.
14:11He was accused of many things when he was killed.
14:14Our President is grateful because he will be given a chance to defend himself.
14:20According to one of the lawyers who helped in the complaint,
14:24the ICC is still looking for information.
14:27It is still an investigation.
14:29This stage is not yet a case.
14:33They are investigating now who is guilty.
14:35What the ICC is asking for is information.
14:38If he can go there and give the right information
14:42and he will not just lie or deny,
14:46then we will have peace.
14:48In the Welcome Rotunda,
14:50various groups and relatives of Filipinos in the drug war also gathered.
14:55Who can say that we, the poor,
14:59can be arrested by a powerful and abusive person?
15:04It is true that our loved ones are innocent.
15:07Why was he given a death sentence?
15:09Why was he immediately imprisoned?
15:11But why was he given protection like Duterte?
15:16Why was he given hope to be imprisoned in a good prison?
15:21I was crying when I found out that Duterte was arrested.
15:26I was really crying.
15:28I did not know what to do.
15:31This is just the beginning.
15:33I hope it will continue.
15:35Former Senator Laila de Lima,
15:39who was imprisoned for almost seven years
15:41during the term of former President Duterte
15:43and one of the critics of the drug war.
15:46Today, Mr. Duterte is being made to answer,
15:50not to me, but to the victims,
15:53to their families,
15:55to a world that refuses to forget.
15:57This is not about vengeance.
16:00This is about justice finally taking its course.
16:04For GMA Integrated News,
16:07I am Tina Panganiban Perez,
16:09your witness.
16:12Let's update the supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte
16:16at Villamor Air Base.
16:17We are joined live by James Agustin.
16:20James?
16:25At 11.03 p.m. tonight,
16:27the former President Rodrigo Duterte
16:29took off from Villamor Air Base.
16:33And here outside, at Gate 5,
16:35the supporters of the former President are staying.
16:38They are continuing their program here.
16:40And earlier, while taxiing,
16:43the airplane on the runway
16:45where the former President was riding,
16:47the supporters were running.
16:50My fellow countrymen,
16:51at the moment,
16:52President Bongbong Marcos is giving a speech.
16:54We will return to James Agustin.
16:55Let's listen to President Marcos.
16:57Rodrigo Roa Duterte
17:00took off at 11.03 p.m. this evening
17:04and exited Philippine airspace.
17:07The plane is en route to The Hague in the Netherlands,
17:12allowing the former President
17:15to face charges of crimes against humanity
17:18in relation to his bloody war on drugs.
17:22The former President was earlier placed in government custody
17:28at Villamor Air Base
17:30after he, his common-law wife,
17:34Hanilet Avancena,
17:36and members of his entourage
17:38arrived at 9.20 this morning from Hong Kong
17:42on Cathay Pacific flight number CX907.
17:47Mr. Duterte was arrested
17:50in compliance with our commitments to Interpol.
17:54Hours before his arrival,
17:57Interpol Manila received an official copy
18:01of the ICC warrant.
18:03This prompted the Prosecutor General
18:06of the Department of Justice
18:08to serve the warrant.
18:10Interpol asked for help,
18:13and we obliged
18:15because we have commitments to the Interpol
18:18which we have to fulfill.
18:20If we don't do that,
18:22they will no longer help us
18:25with other cases involving Filipino fugitives abroad.
18:31This is what the international community expects of us
18:35as the leader of a democratic country
18:40that is part of the community of nations.
18:44So I'm sure that the details
18:47that surround what has happened today
18:54are familiar to you.
18:56I just wanted to make very, very clear
19:01and give you the facts
19:03for the departure
19:08of former President Duterte from the Philippines.
19:14Thank you very much, Mr. President.
19:16Earlier, members of the Malacanang Press Corps
19:19asked questions, and we will answer them.
19:22Question number one.
19:24Mr. President,
19:25is there a physical copy of the warrant of arrest
19:28against former President Rodrigo Duterte from the ICC?
19:32Yes, there is.
19:34This came in.
19:37Actually, it came in.
19:39I received it from Secretary Remulian.
19:45I received it at 3 a.m. last night.
19:49And I looked at it,
19:52and we went back and forth.
19:556.30, he wrote me again,
19:58and he said,
19:59we have it already.
20:00We have the warrant of arrest from Interpol.
20:04And I said,
20:05okay, we'll put all our plans into place.
20:08Let's proceed as we had discussed.
20:12Now, that's what's happened.
20:14So, yes, there is a very clear document
20:20that will explain the basis
20:28on how we conducted this arrest of former President Duterte.
20:36Sir, is it okay if we give them copies of the arrest warrant,
20:39photocopies of the arrest warrant?
20:41Would that be possible?
20:43Do we have limitations or not?
20:45We have the limitations.
20:47We have here the SILG who has been, of course,
20:50part and parcel of the entire operation.
20:53We will provide the PCO with a digital copy.
20:57It has been attested by the Secretary of Justice
21:00and the Department of Justice as a lawful and legal warrant.
21:04We will publish it after this press conference,
21:07and you can use it as reference.
21:10It's very simple.
21:13It's a request to the Philippine government
21:16from Interpol to enforce the arrest warrant.
21:24And, of course, we comply with our commitments to Interpol.
21:32We did not do this because it was derived from or it came from ICC.
21:40We did this because Interpol asked us to do it,
21:44and we have commitments to them, and we lived up to those commitments.
21:50Thank you, sir.
21:51Second question, sir.
21:53Mr. President, the PRRD said that this arrest was an unlawful arrest.
22:01Well, we followed every single necessary procedure.
22:08We had a very good basis on which to serve that warrant and to read him his rights.
22:17We followed all the legal procedures that are necessary.
22:21So I'm confident that if in further examination, you will find that it is proper and correct.
22:32Sir, third question from the MPC.
22:35Mr. President, is this a violation of our sovereignty, this arrest of former President Duterte?
22:44No.
22:46Why?
22:48Because we are consistent.
22:54We do not help in the investigation of ICC.
22:58We have contact with them, naturally, but not on an official level.
23:06We didn't help them in any way.
23:10The arrest that we did today was in compliance with our commitments to Interpol.
23:20It just so happened that that came from ICC.
23:26But it's not because it came from ICC.
23:28It's because it came from Interpol.
23:34Fourth question.
23:35Mr. President, they say that this is just a political persecution and that it also has to do with the 2028 elections.
23:45Okay.
23:46Well, I'm sure they will say that.
23:52But this case started in 2017 when we were still members of the ICC, and it was during the time of former President Duterte.
24:10So, I don't see how that can be political persecution on my part.
24:17Because it was initiated before I even came into the picture.
24:25So, that would seem.
24:29But once again, we have to recognize that, you know, of course, it's natural for people to put
24:35the color of politics.
24:39But we just followed Interpol.
24:44We didn't talk to ICC.
24:48They asked us for a lot of documents.
24:51We were not given anything.
24:54That's just it.
24:56We can't ignore Interpol.
24:59When they told us, help us, we need to get this guy.
25:05Because if you remember, all the fugitives here in the Philippines,
25:11like Alice Goh, like Arnie Tevez, and others,
25:16even the human trafficking in Myanmar,
25:21who helped us so that we can see our fellow countrymen who are being abused and used in bad ways?
25:33Interpol.
25:35That's why we should, when they told us, help us with this,
25:41we should help them.
25:42That's why we did that.
25:45Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your clarification.
25:50You want to ask another question?
25:54All right, sure.
25:55Sir, there are calls for people's power.
25:57There are, in fact, as we speak, protest actions ongoing.
26:01Would you like to address this point?
26:20Because it was requested by Interpol, and not because it came from the ICC or International Criminal Court.
26:26President Bongbong Marcos said several times that the request to serve or to be arrested came from Interpol.
26:36And because our country has a commitment to Interpol,
26:41he has nothing else to do but to follow or fulfill the request of Interpol.
26:47As President Bongbong Marcos said,
26:49we have been helped by Interpol several times,
26:52so it is only right that we fulfill our commitment to Interpol.
26:57President Bongbong Marcos also said that the government followed all the necessary legal procedures
27:05to serve the arrest warrant against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
27:11President Bongbong Marcos himself confirmed that the Lulan Airplane,
27:16the former President Duterte, will go to The Hague, Netherlands,
27:21where former President Rodrigo Duterte will face the crimes against humanity.
27:32President Bongbong Marcos also said that this is not a case of political persecution.
27:38He also said that this started back in 2017 before he became President,
27:43and the case started when former President Rodrigo Duterte was still in office.
27:52My fellow Filipinos, be the first to watch.
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