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00:00I'm sure you know the subject matter of our meeting today, this evening.

00:08The plane carrying former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte took off at 11.03 p.m. this evening

00:20and exited Philippine airspace.

00:23The plane is en route to The Hague in the Netherlands, allowing the former president

00:30to face charges of crimes against humanity in relation to his bloody war on drugs.

00:38The former president was earlier placed in government custody at Villamor airbase after

00:45he, his common law wife, Hanilet Avancena, and members of his entourage arrived at 9.20

00:55this morning from Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific flight number CX907.

01:02Mr. Duterte was arrested in compliance with our commitments to Interpol.

01:10Hours before his arrival, Interpol Manila received an official copy of the ICC warrant.

01:18This prompted the Prosecutor General of the Department of Justice to serve the warrant.

01:26Interpol asked for help and we obliged because we have commitments to the Interpol which

01:33we have to fulfill.

01:35If we don't do that, they will no longer help us with other cases involving Filipino

01:43fugitives abroad.

01:46This is what the international community expects of us as the leader of a democratic country

01:55that is part of the community of nations.

01:59So I'm sure that the details that surround this, what has happened today, are familiar

02:09to you.

02:10I just wanted to make very, very clear and give you the facts for the departure of former

02:25President Duterte from the Philippines.

02:29Thank you very much, Mr. President.

02:30Earlier, the members of the Malacanang Press Corps asked questions and we will answer them.

02:37Question number one, Mr. President, do you have a physical copy of the warrant of arrest

02:43against former President Rodrigo Duterte from the ICC?

02:47Yes, I do.

02:49This came in, actually it came in.

02:54I received it from Secretary Remulian.

03:00I received it at 3 a.m. last night and I looked at it and we went back and forth.

03:096.30, he wrote me again and he said, we have it already, we have the warrant of arrest

03:17from Interpol.

03:18And I said, okay, we'll put all our plans into place.

03:23Let's proceed as we had discussed.

03:27Now that's what's happened.

03:28So yes, there is a very clear document that will explain when, how, sorry, that will explain

03:42the basis on how we conducted this arrest of former President Duterte.

03:50Sir, is it okay if we give them copies of the arrest warrant, photocopies of the arrest

03:55warrant?

03:56Would that be possible?

03:57Do we have limitations or not?

04:02We have here the SILG who has been, of course, part and parcel of the entire operation.

04:08We will provide the PCO with a digital copy.

04:12It has been attested by the Secretary of Justice and the Department of Justice as a lawful

04:17and legal warrant.

04:19We will publish it after this press conference and you can use it as reference.

04:26It's very simple.

04:28It's a request to the Philippine government from Interpol to enforce the arrest warrant.

04:40And of course, we comply with our commitments to Interpol.

04:48We did not do this because it was derived from or it came from ICC.

04:55We did this because Interpol asked us to do it.

04:59And we have commitments to them and we lived up to those commitments.

05:04Sir, thank you, sir.

05:06Second question, sir.

05:07Mr. President, the PRRD said that this arrest was an unlawful arrest.

05:15Well, we followed every single necessary procedure.

05:22We had a very good basis on which to serve that warrant and to read him his rights.

05:31We followed all the legal procedures that are necessary, so I'm confident that if in

05:39further examination, you will find that it is proper and correct.

05:46Sir, third question from the MPC.

05:49Mr. President, is there a violation in our sovereignty in this arrest of former President Duterte?

05:58No.

06:00Why?

06:01Because we are consistent.

06:07We do not help in the investigation of the ICC.

06:11We have contact with them, naturally.

06:17But not on an official level.

06:21We didn't help them in any way.

06:25The arrest that we did today was in compliance with our commitments to Interpol.

06:36It just so happened that that came from ICC.

06:40But it's not because it came from ICC.

06:43It's because it came from Interpol.

06:49Fourth question.

06:50Mr. President, they are saying that this is just political persecution and there is also a violation in the 2028 elections.

07:00Okay.

07:01Well, I'm sure they will say that.

07:06But this case started in 2017 when we were still members of the ICC.

07:18And it was during the time of former President Duterte.

07:24So I don't see how that can be political persecution on my part.

07:32Because it was initiated before I even came into the picture.

07:39So that would seem.

07:44But once again, we have to recognize that, you know, of course, it's natural for people to put

07:50the color of politics.

07:54But we just followed Interpol.

07:58We didn't talk to the ICC.

08:03They asked us for a lot of documents, but we didn't give them anything.

08:07That's all.

08:10We cannot be denied by Interpol.

08:13When they told us, help us, we need to get this person.

08:19Because if you remember, all the people who fled here in the Philippines, like Alice Goh,

08:27like Arnie Tevez, and others, even the human trafficking in Myanmar,

08:36who helped us so that we can see our fellow countrymen who are being abused and used in bad ways?

08:48Interpol.

08:50That's why we should, when they told us, help us in this, we should help them.

08:57That's why we did that.

08:59Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your clarification.

09:03You want to ask another question?

09:07All right, sure.

09:09Sir, there are calls for people power.

09:11There are, in fact, as we speak, protest actions ongoing.

09:15Would you like to address the supporters of the former president?

09:19The supporters of the former president?

09:21Well, you know, again, the government is just doing its job.

09:32It's not because it's one person or another that we do the things that we do.

09:42Maybe in the past administrations, maybe that's what they do.

09:48But for me, it's not like that.

09:52We follow the law.

09:54We are a member of the community of nations.

09:59We must live up to our responsibilities to the commitments that we have made to the community of nations.

10:07And that is what's happened here.

10:09Politics doesn't enter into it.

10:11Why?

10:13He's never going to be a candidate for anything.

10:17Why go after him?

10:19Right?

10:21And this is 2017.

10:23I'm not there yet.

10:25I was a civilian back then.

10:28So, this is the evolution of his case.

10:36And this is where we end up.

10:38Yeah.

10:40Alright?

10:42Thank you very much, Mr. President.

10:46Good evening.

10:57Good evening.

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