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00:00In other news, in the hearing yesterday of the House Squad Committee on War on Drugs, former President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he killed several people and planted evidence.
00:12He is challenging the International Criminal Court or ICC to investigate the drug war. They went to the Philippines now to investigate it.
00:21We have first news, Jonathan Andal.
00:24I'm asking the ICC to hurry up and if possible they can come here and start the investigation.
00:39Former President Rodrigo Duterte said several times since he was President that he does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court or ICC in the Philippines.
00:50He is challenging the ICC to hurry up and if possible they can come here and start the investigation.
00:58This issue has been left hanging for so many years.
01:02It's been a long time. I might die and they won't be able to investigate me.
01:07I'm asking the ICC through you to come here and start the investigation.
01:16And if I am found guilty, I will go to prison and rot there for all time.
01:22He is not afraid of the ICC.
01:25The ICC does not scare me a bit.
01:30They can come here anytime. No excuses. No apologies.
01:38If I go to hell, so be it.
01:44Give me money and I will go to the ICC.
01:47Duterte defended the deaths during the war against drugs.
01:50He also admitted that he killed someone.
01:53Did you die?
01:56Me? A lot.
01:59About six or seven.
02:02I was not able to finish my hospitalization.
02:08A lot of police killed me in Davao.
02:13I was the one who raped.
02:17He also ordered the killing of manufacturers and distributors of drugs, but not drug addicts.
02:23I said drug dealers and drug users.
02:28Why would he kill an addict?
02:31Bring him to the hospital.
02:33I will admit that I ordered the drug manufacturers
02:38and big-time drug distributors to kill me.
02:48He also admitted that he planted evidence.
02:51We planted evidence.
02:53That's true.
02:54So you really planted evidence.
02:56That was part of the strategy as a mayor.
02:59He also admitted that the police received money from the drug war,
03:03but not P20,000 to P1,000,000 for each person killed.
03:07The money was distributed by the former trustee of the police, Ruyena Garma.
03:11This is the one who died.
03:13P20,000 to P1,000,000?
03:15No, sir.
03:16There was a police operation.
03:18The police knows about it.
03:21I am funding it.
03:24For a particular project.
03:27If they accomplish it, sir,
03:31the police officer or the lead officer will say,
03:37sir, there's a lot of money, but it's not enough.
03:40That's not it.
03:42For the boys.
03:44That's it, sir.
03:46Mr. Chair?
03:47Reward?
03:48Correct.
03:49Very correct.
03:51It's really true.
03:54And sometimes, I give more.
03:58Duterte refused to answer Representative Raul Manuel's question
04:01about the confidential funds from the office of the president.
04:05That's why the intelligence called it confidential.
04:11So don't ask what confidential I did.
04:15It's confidential.
04:19I'm protecting the interest of the republic when I dispense confidential funds.
04:25Do not make me account for something which I cannot do legally.
04:33But at one point, Duterte said,
04:36the money he used for Pabuya came from a lot of campaign funds.
04:40I still remember that you have mentioned
04:43that the money that came from the donation of your campaign funds
04:49will be utilized for the reward system.
04:53You mentioned that, and I saw the video.
04:55And that's private money, Mr. President?
04:57Yes.
04:58It came from me.
04:59It's not private money.
05:01I already received it.
05:04I already held the money.
05:07I was already holding it when I was already in the official appeal.
05:13The victims of the drug war were also there when they were tortured
05:16because of the images of their loved ones.
05:19We were even more hurt when we found out that there was a reward.
05:24That's how our loved ones played their lives.
05:29It's really hard for us.
05:33Until now, there is no justice
05:38because there is no proper investigation for the Filipinos.
05:45Former Senator Laila de Lima was also imprisoned for almost 7 years
05:49after she was accused of having something to do with the Belibid drug trade.
05:53She was even next to the former president during the entire hearing.
05:56Do you believe that Secretary de Lima is the mother of all drug lords?
06:01Who said it, sir?
06:02Director Ruel Lazala and Reynaldo Esmeralda,
06:06former NBI officer-in-charge of the Department of Justice.
06:10I would like to congratulate them for making this statement.
06:13Absolutely false.
06:15I have nothing to do with illegal drugs.
06:20It's just part of their propaganda.
06:23You are the lord of all drug lords.
06:26I will not become president if I am like that.
06:31At 4 p.m., the daughter of the former president, Vice President Sara Duterte, arrived
06:36and sat near her father's back.
06:39The NBI did not hold an interview.
06:41During the hearing, Duterte promised legal responsibility for the drug war.
06:47He also reiterated the details of Garma's affidavit.
06:51I have not read the affidavit.
06:54So that I would not be in a position to correctly really respond to your question.
07:01You are now trying to investigate me.
07:06You are like an investigator.
07:08You are trying to confront me with the statements made in that affidavit.
07:14And you are trying to exact an answer from me.
07:19If that's the case, let's stop here.
07:24That is not proper.
07:26That is not fair.
07:30Mr. President, we're not...
07:32I will stand here.
07:35And when Duterte was asked about the 7 private citizens who were members of his death squad...
07:40Even if they exist, why would I tell you the names now to you?
07:50Why are you looking at me like I'm stupid?
07:52Give me your name. You put the family and the persons in danger.
07:59Mr. President...
08:00Is that a proper question?
08:03Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV also attended the hearing.
08:07He is a well-known critic of Duterte.
08:09He gave details about the bank transactions of Duterte.
08:13These transactions...
08:16There is one to Vice President Sara.
08:21There is one to Duterte.
08:23There is one to Baste.
08:25There is one to Pulong Duterte.
08:27And there is one to Hanilep Abansenya.
08:31These are the manager's checks under their name.
08:37The origin of the account is one of the drug lords mentioned by Las Canas, Sammy Uy.
08:47The drug lord is dividends to Duterte's family every October and April.
08:56That's why it's consecutive.
08:58And by the way, we can see Vice President Sara.
09:02She has two checks under her name.
09:07Manager's checks.
09:09This is while she was mayor.
09:14That's why it's a direct bribery.
09:17Trillanes mentioned nothing yet.
09:19I'm willing to execute an affidavit.
09:24I'm willing to summon the banks to my waiver.
09:34If there is only one truth, I will hang myself.
09:39If there is only one truth, I will resign.
09:44And I will ask my daughter to resign and everybody in the family.
09:50That is my guarantee.
09:52And I will hang myself.
09:54I will sign the document tomorrow.
10:01And I will hand it because the lawyer will do it.
10:04At one point, Duterte has a challenge to Trillanes.
10:08There is an iota of...
10:12I will have a big day.
10:14So, in the same manner, if I have a big day, Trillanes should be with me.
10:24He said that he will give a waiver.
10:27It's all bluff.
10:28But it's better if we draft it now so he can sign it here.
10:34Will the former president be okay that if we draft the waiver now, that it be signed today instead of tomorrow?
10:41What is the alternative, sir?
10:43No.
10:44I will slap him in public.
10:47No.
10:48Right now.
10:49There is no such thing.
10:51I will slap him in public.
10:54Session suspended.
10:55Session suspended.
11:00The hearing was suspended for a moment.
11:03In the end, Duterte asked for forgiveness for his accusation at that point of the hearing.
11:07And the alleged slap was removed from the records of the hearing.
11:12This is the first news.
11:13Jonathan Andal for GMA Integrated News.