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00:00The legal team of former President Rodrigo Duterte is preparing to sue the International Criminal Court.
00:06They have already submitted their first requests to the court
00:09as part of Duterte's temporary release from the detention center.
00:13Ian Cruz has the first news.
00:23In various parts of the country,
00:25former President Rodrigo Duterte continues to gather supporters
00:28to call for his return to the Philippines
00:31while the former President is in jail in the ICC detention facility in The Hague, Netherlands.
00:36His legal team here in the Philippines is still preparing.
00:40His former Labor Secretary, Attorney Silvestre Belio Duterte,
00:45said that among his colleagues for the defense of the former President,
00:50were Attorney Martin Del Gra,
00:52Attorney Israelito Torreon,
00:54Attorney Vic Rodriguez,
00:56Attorney Fred Lim,
00:58and Attorney Cesar Billy Dulay,
01:00former commissioner of the BIR.
01:02Their team also includes
01:04former Executive Secretary Salvador Midaldea
01:06and the former President of Imbiahe,
01:08going to the Netherlands.
01:20Frankly, we don't know.
01:22The process is there now.
01:24But just like any judicial body,
01:27it's not far from our process.
01:30Duterte's defense team will first ask for his temporary release
01:36which can be applied by the accused
01:38according to the rules of the ICC.
01:40Do you think he will qualify under their conditions?
01:45Because it's a conditional release, an interim release.
01:48What are their conditions?
01:50He won't escape.
01:52That's all they're thinking.
01:54He won't escape.
01:55Will the President escape?
01:56Where will he go?
01:57How can you hide?
01:59Former President, can he hide?
02:01Everyone knows him.
02:03A lawyer can't just enter an appearance
02:07in the International Criminal Court
02:09to be a legal counsel
02:11of one of the accused or victims.
02:14A lawyer must first apply to the ICC
02:16to be admitted to the list of counsel.
02:20Only 5 Filipino lawyers are on the list of counsel of the ICC
02:24including the former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque
02:28who may also be on the list of defendants
02:32of the former President.
02:33According to Belyo,
02:34the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court or ICC
02:38is included in their questioning
02:40because the Philippines did not say
02:42after withdrawing in 2019.
02:45Even the warrant of arrest
02:47carried out by the Interpol in the country
02:49that Belyo did not see.
02:52In one statement,
02:53the ICC said that after being a member in November 2011,
02:57the withdrawal of the Philippines
03:00from the Rome Statute of March 2019 was effective.
03:03Despite this,
03:04the ICC still has jurisdiction
03:07over the crimes committed in the Philippines
03:10while Belyo is still a member of the Rome Statute.
03:13Malacanang,
03:14they were previously fully convicted
03:17of arresting the former President.
03:19For some legal experts,
03:21the warrant of arrest is legitimate.
03:23I don't think there's a question about the validity
03:25of the warrant.
03:26Pursuant to the exercise of that jurisdiction,
03:27of course, they can issue the warrant
03:29for the arrest of the subject
03:30or the accused in this particular case.
03:31Article 59 of the Rome Statute states
03:34that the accused should be presented
03:36to a competent judicial authority or court.
03:39This did not happen when Duterte was arrested.
03:41Until the role of that competent judicial authority
03:44is checked,
03:45okay,
03:46is this the person you arrested
03:48who was really named in the warrant of arrest?
03:50Second,
03:51was the right process followed?
03:53Third,
03:54were his rights respected?
03:56But according to Attorney Ralph Sarmiento,
03:59Dean of the College of Law
04:01of the University of St. LaSalle, Bacolod,
04:03Article 59 of the Rome Statute
04:05is not applicable or applicable
04:07because the Philippines left the country in 2019.
04:10Accordingly,
04:11the right of the accused should not be violated.
04:20According to Attorney Joel Butuyan,
04:22one in five Filipinos is a CC-accredited lawyer.
04:25Even in the Rome Statute,
04:26the law of the Philippines
04:27is also included in the implementation
04:30of the warrant of arrest.
04:32The police did not terminate him,
04:34President Duterte.
04:35He was given Miranda Rights.
04:37The arrest was peaceful.
04:40So his basic rights were actually respected.
04:44This is the first news.
04:46Ian Cruz for GMA Integrated News.
05:05Thanks for watching.