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00:00Meanwhile, in the ruling of the House Squad Committee on the War on Drugs,
00:04former President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he killed several people
00:10and that they also planted evidence.
00:14He challenged the International Criminal Court to go to the Philippines to investigate.
00:19This is the news brought to you by Jonathan Andal.
00:22I'm asking the ICC to hurry up and if possible, they can come here and start the investigation.
00:35Former President Rodrigo Duterte said several times since he was still the President
00:39that he does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court or ICC in the Philippines.
00:45But he challenged his first appearance in the House Squad Committee.
00:48This issue has been left hanging for so many years.
00:52It's been a long time, ma'am. I might die and they won't be able to investigate me.
00:56So I'm asking the ICC, through you, to come here and start the investigation.
01:06And if I am found guilty, I will go to prison and rot there for all time.
01:12He is not afraid of the ICC.
01:14The ICC does not scare me a bit.
01:21They can come here anytime, no excuses, no apologies.
01:29If I go to hell, so be it.
01:34Give me money, I will go to the ICC.
01:37Duterte defended the killings during the war against drugs.
01:40He also admitted that he killed someone.
01:42Did you commit the killings yourself?
01:46Me? A lot of people.
01:49About six or seven.
01:51I was not able to get out of the hospital.
01:58A lot of people were killed by the police in Davao, by criminals.
02:03I was the one who committed the killings.
02:06He also ordered the killings of manufacturers and distributors of drugs.
02:11But not drug addicts.
02:13I said drug dealers and drug users, not addicts.
02:17Why would he kill an addict?
02:19Bring him to the hospital.
02:21I will admit that I ordered the drug manufacturers and big time drug distributors to be killed.
02:37He also admitted that he planted evidence.
02:40We planted evidence.
02:41It's true.
02:43So you really planted evidence?
02:44That was a part of the strategy as a mayor.
02:48He also admitted that the police received money from the drug war,
02:51but it was not the 20,000 to 1 million pesos per person who was killed,
02:56which was stolen by the former trustee of the police, Ruyina Garma.
03:00This is the one who died.
03:0120,000 to 1 million pesos were paid.
03:03No, sir.
03:04If there is a police operation, the police already know about it.
03:10I am the one who is in charge of it.
03:13For a particular project.
03:16If they accomplish it,
03:20the police officer or the leader officer will say,
03:26sir, there is a lot of money, but it's not enough.
03:29It's not enough for the boys.
03:33That's it, sir.
03:34Reward? Correct.
03:36Very correct.
03:38It's really true.
03:41And sometimes, I give more.
03:45Duterte refused to answer Representative Raul Manuel's question
03:48about the confidential funds from the office of the president.
03:52That's why it's called, sir, intelligence and confidential.
03:58So don't ask what confidential I did.
04:03It's confidential.
04:06I am protecting the interest of the Republic
04:10when I dispense confidential funds.
04:12Do not make me account for something
04:17which I cannot do legally.
04:21But at one point, Duterte said
04:23that he used the money from Pabuya
04:26to help the campaign funds.
04:28I still remember that you have mentioned
04:31that the money from the donation of your campaign funds
04:37will be utilized for the reward system.
04:40You mentioned that, and I saw the video.
04:42And that's private money, Mr. President?
04:44Yes, it's from me.
04:46No, it's not private money.
04:48Because I already received it.
04:51I already held it.
04:52The money was...
04:54I was already holding it when I was in the office.
05:00The victims of the drug war also suffered
05:04because of the images of their loved ones.
05:06We were even more hurt when we learned that there was a reward.
05:11That's how our loved ones played with our lives.
05:16It's really hard for us.
05:21Until now, there is no justice
05:25because there is no proper investigation
05:30for the Filipinos.
05:33Former Senator Laila de Lima was also jailed for almost seven years
05:37after being involved in a beloved drug trade.
05:40She was even next to the former president during the entire hearing.
05:43Do you believe that Secretary de Lima is the mother of all drug lords?
05:48Who said it, sir?
05:50Director Ruer Lazala and Reynaldo Esmeralda.
05:54Former NBI officer-in-charge of the Department of Justice.
05:57I would like to congratulate them for making this statement.
06:01Absolutely false.
06:03I have nothing to do with illegal drugs.
06:07It's just part of their propaganda.
06:11They say you are the lord of all drug lords.
06:13I will not become president, sir, if I am like that.
06:19At 4 p.m., the son of the former president, Vice President Sara Duterte, arrived.
06:24He sat behind his father.
06:27The NBI did not initiate an interview.
06:29During the hearing, Duterte once again promised
06:32legal responsibility for the killing of drug lords.
06:35He also reiterated the details of Garma's affidavit.
06:39I have not read the affidavit
06:42so that I would not be in a position to correctly really
06:47respond to your question.
06:49You are now trying to investigate me.
06:53You're like an investigator.
06:55You're trying to confront me
06:57with the statements made in that affidavit.
07:01And you're trying to extract an answer from me.
07:06If that's the case, let's stop here.
07:11That is not proper.
07:13That is not fair.
07:17I will not stop here.
07:21And when Duterte was asked about the seven private citizens
07:24who were members of his death squad...
07:27Even if they exist, why would I tell you the names?
07:33Now, to you.
07:34What do you think of me, you idiot?
07:36Give me your name.
07:37You put the family and the persons in danger.
07:44Mr. President...
07:45That is not a proper question.
07:47Both has been administered.
07:48Former Senator Antonio Trillanes to the fourth also came to the hearing.
07:52He was known as a critic of Duterte.
07:54He gave details about the bank transactions of Duterte.
07:58These transactions
08:01are with Vice President Sara,
08:06with Duterte,
08:07with Baste,
08:09with Pulong Duterte,
08:12and with Hanilef Abancena.
08:15These are the manager's checks under their name
08:22whose origin is one of the drug lords mentioned by Las Cañas, Sammy Uy.
08:31The drug lord was in debt to Duterte's family
08:37during October and April.
08:41That's why it's one after the other.
08:43And by the way,
08:44we can see Vice President Sara has two checks
08:51under her name, manager's checks,
08:53while she was mayor.
08:59That's why it's a direct bribery.
09:01None of the details mentioned by Trillanes are allowed.
09:04I'm willing to execute an affidavit
09:08or to summon the banks or someone to my waiver.
09:18If there's one truth,
09:21I will resign and I will ask my daughter to resign
09:26and everybody in the family.
09:29That is my guarantee.
09:31And I will hang myself.
09:33I will sign the document tomorrow
09:39and I will hand it because the lawyer will do it.
09:43He said that he will give the waiver.
09:46It's all bluff.
09:47But it's better if we draft it now
09:51so he can sign it here.
09:53Will the former president be okay that if we draft the waiver now,
09:58that it be signed today instead of tomorrow?
10:00What's the alternative, sir?
10:03I will slap him in public.
10:06No, not now.
10:08There's no such thing, sir.
10:11I will slap him in public.
10:13Session suspended.
10:20The hearing was suspended for a moment.
10:22In the end, Paumanhin asked Duterte
10:24for his request at that point of the hearing
10:27and the so-called slap was removed from the hearing records.
10:31Jonathan Nandal reporting for GMA Integrated News.