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00:00At 9 o'clock in the evening, former President Rodrigo Duterte boarded a chartered flight.
00:10This is from a live video on the Facebook page of a General Philmore Bondillas Escobar.
00:16With Duterte, his executive secretary, Salvador Medialdea, was on the airplane.
00:22Duterte was the first former president of the country to face the International Criminal Court or ICC in The Hague, Netherlands.
00:30for crimes against humanity.
00:35The PNP announced that they were on heightened alert following the arrest of former President Duterte.
00:41Tonight, Vice President Sara Duterte spoke and denounced the arrest of her father.
00:47She also said that she will follow the ICC.
00:51From Villamor Airbase in Pasay, Katrina Son has a live report.
00:55Katrina?
01:00This is more than double the number of policemen guarding the gates here at Villamor Airbase in Pasay.
01:07Vice President Sara Duterte also arrived here.
01:13According to Vice President Sara Duterte, she will follow her father when he flies to The Hague, Netherlands.
01:20There are already arrangements for the flight and she has lawyers with her.
01:24The arrest of her father by the ICC is wrong.
01:27She insisted that the process of our own law should be followed.
01:31She went to Villamor Airbase so that her father can personally talk to her.
01:36But she said that she is having a hard time.
01:38They haven't received any information about the TRO that they have seized from the Supreme Court.
01:44Vice President Duterte also mentioned that she was warned by her mother
01:47that she might be the next one to be arrested by the ICC.
01:51Outside of Villamor Airbase, supporters of the former President are gathering.
01:56They are angry with the arrest.
01:59The police are guarding the gates.
02:01According to the PNP, they are already on a heightened alert throughout the country.
02:06A lot has happened today.
02:09My mother told me to be careful because you will be the next one.
02:14I'm ready.
02:16What are you ready for?
02:18Are you ready to face this? Are you ready to overcome this?
02:21Are you ready to succeed?
02:23I'm just thinking about the expenses for the lawyers.
02:26The lawyers will have to pay.
02:29That's our only concern for now.
02:32But so far, the expenses for the passengers have been prepared.
02:36Yes, my mother warned me about me as the next target for the ICC.
02:49Atom, Vice President Sara Duterte just left Villamor Airbase through Gate 1.
02:56She also left with Senator Bong Go.
02:59The supporters of the former President who were here earlier through Gate 1
03:04have already left.
03:05But some of them are still here.
03:07The police are still guarding the gates.
03:11Atom?
03:12Thank you very much, Katrina Son.
03:16Breaking news.
03:18The flight of the former President of the Philippines, Duterte, 1103, has already arrived this evening.
03:22Before the news tonight,
03:24Vice President Sara Duterte first called for the arrest of her father,
03:31former President Rodrigo Duterte.
03:33According to the vice president, who has returned from Hong Kong,
03:36this is an insult to the Filipinos who believe in our homeland.
03:41The former President was also asked to give up her fundamental rights
03:45that she cannot bring to a judicial authority to assert her rights.
03:49It was not the justice called by the vice president
03:53to bring the former President to the Netherlands.
03:57According to the exclusive statement of GMA Integrated News to the former President,
04:02while she was still in Hong Kong,
04:04she asked her son if anything happened to her.
04:11When I was in the political scene,
04:14either I was removed or I died,
04:17or whatever,
04:19for any reason,
04:22I told her,
04:24I asked the Philippines to help me when the time comes.
04:30And the President ran to me.
04:32I didn't stop her, ma'am.
04:34Just now.
04:35If you are a president, just follow my style.
04:41You're okay.
04:45Don't hide behind me. You'll be jailed.
04:49Let's talk to Ian Cruz.
04:51The President's flight has already taken off.
04:53Ian, what is the latest on your investigation?
04:56Yes.
04:57A while ago, people were watching our investigation
05:01in the nearby P5 area,
05:03where the runway has a vantage point.
05:05At 11.03 p.m., the flight took off.
05:08The P5A plane is carrying the President of the Philippines
05:13from the Philippines to Dubai,
05:16to the Middle East and eventually to The Hague.
05:19A while ago, around 8.43 p.m.,
05:23when we saw the convoy carrying the coaster
05:26that the former President was riding,
05:29it hit the aircraft in the Villamot Air Base.
05:34The coasters were there for a long time
05:37because of course, people got off the coasters
05:39and their belongings.
05:40We noticed that there was a movement,
05:44a pushback around 10.15 p.m.
05:49From the Villamot Air Base,
05:52the runway 624 of Manila International Airport was hacked.
05:57Atom, it hasn't taken off yet
06:01because there are people ahead of their sequence.
06:03Eventually, at 11.03 p.m.,
06:05the airplane that the President was riding took off.
06:09It was confirmed that the former President was accompanied
06:13by the former Executive Secretary of the Philippines, Salvador Miguel.
06:21But the other planes, the airplanes,
06:25for confirmation, all of them,
06:27all of them,
06:34Okay, thank you very much, Ian Crew.
06:38When the former President Duterte arrived this morning from Hong Kong,
06:41he was charged with Miranda Rights or the right to be arrested.
06:45But the former President asked,
06:47what is the law that he violated?
06:49Marisol Abdurrahman has a report.
06:52One more, one more.
06:54Along with the high-ranking police officers,
06:56the Interpol or International Criminal Police Organization
07:01headed to Niia to arrest the former President Rodrigo Duterte.
07:05They issued a warrant of arrest from the International Criminal Court or ICC
07:09for crimes against humanity.
07:12Inside the airplane, Duterte had a conversation
07:15before getting off the airplane when he returned from Hong Kong.
07:18A warrant of arrest.
07:21So, you will just have to kill me.
07:25If I don't pay you, you will accompany the white people.
07:31We're just going through the process.
07:35Outside the boarding gate,
07:36Alex Paul Montiagudo,
07:39the National Intelligence Coordinating Chief of Duterte,
07:42watched the discussion of Natore
07:44and the former Executive Secretary Salvador Miguel Deya
07:47before the former President got off the airplane.
07:50The discussion continued in the tube
07:51where passengers were allowed to exit the airplane
07:54towards the concourse of Terminal 1.
08:00After Duterte got off the airplane,
08:02he was accompanied by his partner, Hanilet,
08:04and his daughter, Kitty,
08:05their own security and former cabinets.
08:08On Kitty's Instagram Live,
08:10her parents had a discussion.
08:12Bong, Bong, come here, Bong, look at this.
08:15They're already exhausted.
08:18You shouldn't have done this.
08:20You shouldn't have done this.
08:22You shouldn't have done this.
08:24You shouldn't have done this.
08:25From IA,
08:26they brought Duterte and his companions to the Villamor Air Base
08:29where he was given a Melanderize
08:31as part of the arrest warrant.
08:34Sir, you have the right to remain silent.
08:36You have the right for counsel of your choice.
08:40Anything you say may be used
08:42for and against you in a court of law.
08:45And I want to ask you, sir,
08:47if you understand these rights.
08:49I, of course, coming from you,
08:51it's very clear.
08:53Pursuant to Article 2538 of the Statute
08:57for Crimes Against Humanity
08:59and pursuant to Article 718
09:03of the same Statute for Murders
09:06committed in the Republic of the Philippines
09:09must be murdered,
09:11not just executed.
09:14The camp of Duterte insisted on arresting him
09:17for any crimes he committed
09:19and why he was sent to the Villamor.
09:21Show to me now
09:23the legal basis for my being here.
09:28As I, apparently, I was brought here
09:32not of my own volition.
09:35General Murgayo,
09:37he already knows that he was not served
09:39what case he was charged with.
09:41He doesn't know.
09:43Even if it's a P.I.
09:45We are following an entity
09:47that we are not a member anymore.
09:49We withdrew.
09:51It's a questionable warrant to arrest.
09:53I don't know, sir.
09:55But it's clear in the ruling
09:57of the Supreme Court of 2021
09:59that the ICC is still in the cloud
10:01whatever happened before March 17, 2019.
10:03When was the country's
10:05release from Rome Statute?
10:07In Kalayaan Hall in Villamor Air Base,
10:09the former president was fed
10:11and the doctor was checked up.
10:13The following afternoon,
10:15the president was sent a copy of the arrest warrant
10:17from the ICC.
10:19Duterte's family insisted that the former president
10:21must be admitted to the hospital
10:23because of his diabetes.
10:25In a video of Senator Bongo,
10:27Duterte was on oxygen while sleeping.
10:29The CIDG chief,
10:31Nicanor Torre,
10:33did a booking procedure for Duterte
10:35in Villamor Air Base,
10:37but his family wanted him to be admitted to the hospital.
10:39Is that too much?
10:41Yes, that's too much.
10:43He's 18 years old.
10:45He's 18 years old.
10:47He's 18 years old.
10:49He's 18 years old.
10:51He's 18 years old.
10:53He's 18 years old.
10:55And at one point,
10:57his mother, Hanilet,
10:59was also arrested.
11:01How many Filipinos
11:03were caught today?
11:05How many Filipinos?
11:07How many Filipinos?
11:09How many Filipinos?
11:11How many Filipinos?
11:13How many presidents have you met?
11:15How many Filipinos?
11:17So that means that you are
11:19banking on the equality of the law?
11:21Because of the status of the government?
11:23March 7,
11:25when the International Criminal Court
11:27granted the pre-trial chamber
11:29the warrant of arrest,
11:31the pre-trial chamber accepted
11:33the need to arrest Duterte
11:35because the ICC prosecutor
11:37believed that there was a reasonable expectation
11:39that Duterte would help
11:41when the summons came out from the court.
11:43Because the Philippines
11:45is not a state party of the ICC,
11:47the Interpol warrant was produced
11:49before the government said
11:51that the warrant should be
11:53passed on time.
11:56First in Interpol, Manila,
11:58the warrant was passed on to the PCTC
12:00or Philippine Center on Transnational Crime
12:02where it was processed
12:04for the arrest of Duterte
12:06by the PNP.
12:08In the statement of Malacanang,
12:10Prosecutor General Richard Fadulyon
12:12read the ICC notification.
12:14It was confirmed by the UCC
12:16that the process of issuing the warrant
12:18to the former president is in accordance with the law.
12:20If there are questions
12:22about the validity of the warrant,
12:24it is up to the court to issue it.
12:26Marisol Abdurrahman
12:28reporting for GMA Integrated News.
12:54President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
12:58took off at 11.03pm
13:00this evening
13:02and exited
13:04Philippine airspace.
13:06The plane is en route
13:08to The Hague in the Netherlands
13:10allowing
13:12the former president to face
13:14charges of crimes against humanity
13:16in relation to
13:18his bloody war on drugs.
13:20The former president
13:22was earlier placed
13:24in government custody
13:26at Villamor Air Base
13:28after he
13:30his common law wife
13:32Hanilet Avancena
13:34and members of his entourage
13:36arrived at 9.20am
13:38this morning from Hong Kong
13:40on Cathay Pacific flight number
13:42CX907.
13:44Mr. Duterte
13:46was arrested
13:48in compliance with our commitments
13:50to Interpol.
13:52Hours before his
13:54arrival, Interpol Manila
13:56received an official
13:58copy of the ICC warrant.
14:00This prompted
14:02the Prosecutor General
14:04of the Department of Justice
14:06to serve the warrant.
14:08Interpol
14:10asked for help and we
14:12obliged because we have commitments
14:14to the Interpol
14:16which we have to fulfill.
14:18If we don't do that
14:20they will no longer
14:22help us with other
14:24cases involving Filipino
14:26fugitives abroad.
14:28This is what the
14:30international community expects of
14:32us as the leader
14:34of a
14:36democratic country
14:38that is part of the community
14:40of nations.
14:42So I'm sure that the
14:44details that
14:46surround
14:48what has
14:50happened today are familiar
14:52to you. I just wanted
14:54to
14:56make very, very
14:58clear and give you the facts
15:00for
15:02the
15:04departure of
15:06former
15:08President Duterte from the Philippines.
15:12Thank you very much, Mr. President.
15:14We have received questions from
15:16members of the Malacanang Press Corps
15:18and we will answer them.
15:20Question number one.
15:22Mr. President, is there a physical
15:24copy of the warrant of arrest
15:26against former President
15:28Rodrigo Duterte from the ICC?
15:30Yes, there is.
15:32This came in.
15:34Actually,
15:36it came in.
15:38I received it from
15:40Secretary
15:42William. I received it
15:44at 3 a.m. last night.
15:48I looked at it
15:50and we went back and forth.
15:526.30
15:54he wrote me again. He said
15:56we have it already.
15:58We have the warrant of arrest
16:00from Interpol.
16:02I said, okay, we'll put all our
16:04plans into place.
16:06Let's proceed as
16:08we had discussed.
16:10That's what happened.
16:12There is a
16:14very clear
16:16document
16:18that will explain
16:20when
16:22how
16:24that will explain the basis
16:26on how
16:28we conducted this
16:30arrest of
16:32former President Duterte.
16:34Sir, is it okay if we give them copies
16:36of the arrest warrant, photocopies
16:38of the arrest warrant? Would that be possible?
16:40Do we have
16:42limitations or not?
16:44We have here the
16:46SILG who has been, of course, part
16:48and parcel of the entire
16:50operation. We will provide
16:52the PCO with a digital copy.
16:54It has been attested by
16:56the Secretary of Justice and the Department
16:58of Justice as a lawful
17:00and legal warrant. We will
17:02publish it after this press
17:04conference and you can use it as reference.
17:06It's
17:08very simple.
17:10It's a request
17:12to the Philippine government from
17:14Interpol
17:16to
17:18enforce
17:20the arrest warrant.
17:22Of course, we
17:24comply
17:26with our commitments to
17:28Interpol.
17:30We did not do
17:32this because it was
17:34derived from
17:36or it came from ICC.
17:38We did this because Interpol
17:40asked us to do it.
17:42We have commitments to them
17:44and we lived up to those
17:46commitments.
17:48Thank you, sir. Second question, sir.
17:50Mr. President, the camp of
17:52PRRD is saying that it was an unlawful
17:54arrest.
17:58Well,
18:00we followed every
18:02single
18:04necessary procedure. We had
18:06a very good basis
18:08on which to
18:10serve that warrant
18:12and to redeem its rights.
18:14We followed all the legal
18:16procedures that are necessary.
18:18I'm
18:20confident that if
18:22in further examination,
18:24you will find that
18:26it is proper
18:28and correct.
18:30Third question from the MPC.
18:32Mr. President, is there a violation
18:34to our sovereignty regarding the arrest
18:36of former President Duterte?
18:40No.
18:42Why?
18:44Because
18:48we are consistent
18:50in not helping
18:52in the investigation of ICC.
18:54We have
18:56no contact
18:58with them.
19:00But
19:02not on an official level,
19:04we didn't help them
19:06in any way.
19:08The arrest
19:10that we did today
19:12was in compliance
19:14with our commitments
19:16to Interpol.
19:18It just so happened
19:20that that came from ICC.
19:22But it's not
19:24because it came from ICC.
19:26It's because it came from Interpol.
19:30Fourth question.
19:32Mr. President, they are saying
19:34that this is just a political persecution
19:36and that it also has a connection
19:38to the 2028 elections.
19:42Okay.
19:44I'm sure
19:46they will say that.
19:48But
19:50this
19:52case started in
19:542017
19:56when we
19:58were still members of the ICC
20:00and it was during
20:02the time of
20:04former President Duterte.
20:06So
20:08I don't
20:10see how that can
20:12be political persecution on my part
20:14because
20:16it was
20:18initiated before
20:20I even came into the picture.
20:22So
20:24that would seem.
20:26But once again,
20:28we have to recognize that
20:30of course, it's natural
20:32for people to put
20:34the color of politics.
20:38But we just followed
20:40Interpol.
20:42We didn't
20:44talk to ICC.
20:46They asked us for a lot of things.
20:48They didn't give us any documents.
20:52That's all.
20:54We cannot be denied by Interpol
20:56when they told us
20:58to help them
21:00because we need to get this person.
21:02Because
21:04if you remember,
21:06all the people who fled
21:08here in the Philippines,
21:10like Alice Goh,
21:12Arnie Tevez,
21:14the human trafficking
21:16in Myanmar,
21:20who helped us
21:22so that we can see
21:24our fellow countrymen
21:26who are being abused
21:28and used
21:30in a bad way?
21:32Interpol.
21:34That's why we should
21:36help each other
21:38when they tell us to.
21:40That's why we did that.
21:42Thank you very much, Mr. President
21:44for your clarification.
22:12Interpol is just doing its job.
22:18It's not because
22:20it's one person or another
22:22that we do
22:24the things that we do.
22:38We are a member
22:40of the community of nations.
22:42We must live up to our responsibilities
22:44to the commitments
22:46that we have made
22:48to the community of nations.
22:50That is what's happened here.
22:52Politics doesn't enter into it.
22:54Why?
22:56He's never going to be
22:58a candidate for anything.
23:00Why go after him?
23:02Right?
23:04And this is 2017.
23:06I'm not there yet.
23:08So,
23:14this is
23:16the evolution
23:18of his case.
23:20This is where we end up.
23:22Yeah.
23:24Thank you very much, Mr. President.
23:28Good evening.
23:38Good evening.
24:08They are against the legal
24:10and the rights of the former President.
24:12In the arrest,
24:14the sovereignty of the Philippines
24:16was not violated.
24:18And this is not political persecution.
24:20In addition, we cannot ignore
24:22Interpol because all the people
24:24who fled here in the Philippines
24:26were found to be helped
24:28by Interpol.
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