De Lima on Duterte arrest: No one is above the law
Former senator Leila De Lima says that no one is above the law and impunity will not last forever. This was De Lima's answer when asked by The Manila Times about the lessons learned over the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. De Lima was in Bacacay town where she visited the residence of former representative Edcel Lagman on March 14, 2025 evening for a dialogue with the incumbent local officials and aspirant candidates from the first district of Albay.
VIDEO BY RHAYDZ BARCIA
Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe
Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net
Follow us:
Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook
Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram
Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter
DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion
Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital
Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters
Check out our Podcasts:
Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify
Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts
Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic
Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer
Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein
#themanilatimes
#tmtnews
#philippines
Former senator Leila De Lima says that no one is above the law and impunity will not last forever. This was De Lima's answer when asked by The Manila Times about the lessons learned over the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. De Lima was in Bacacay town where she visited the residence of former representative Edcel Lagman on March 14, 2025 evening for a dialogue with the incumbent local officials and aspirant candidates from the first district of Albay.
VIDEO BY RHAYDZ BARCIA
Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe
Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net
Follow us:
Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook
Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram
Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter
DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion
Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital
Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters
Check out our Podcasts:
Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify
Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts
Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic
Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer
Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein
#themanilatimes
#tmtnews
#philippines
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Be forever. Impunity will not be forever.
00:04No one is above the law. No one is exempt from accountability.
00:10No matter how powerful you are, no matter how influential you are to people,
00:18no matter how rich you are, if you are guilty of a crime,
00:23especially of the so-called heinous and horrific crimes,
00:28like crimes against humanity, you must be punished.
00:33No one is exempt from accountability.
00:38That, I think, is one of the biggest lessons for what happened,
00:42that we have a former president for the first time in our history,
00:46and even the entire Asia.
00:49No one else has been subjected to the jurisdiction of the ICC.
00:56He was investigated, and he is now arrested.
01:01And many lessons learned, also from us.
01:19For more UN videos visit www.un.org
01:22And don't forget to subscribe to this channel!