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00:00We are still live on the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:04We will be joined now by one of the legal counsel of the former president,
00:08former Labor Secretary Silvestre Belio III.
00:11Good morning.
00:14Good morning, Marie, and to all of you listening.
00:18All right.
00:19Attorney Salvador Panelo is saying that the Rit of Habeas Corpus camp will be activated
00:26at around 8 to 8.30.
00:29What will be the basis of this?
00:32First of all, the arrest of former President Duterte has no legal basis
00:41because the ICC has no jurisdiction in our government, in our country.
00:49Remember, Marie, President Bongbong Marcos himself said
00:56that the ICC has no jurisdiction in our country.
01:03And to allow them to acquire jurisdiction in our country
01:10is to cause an imprisonment on our national sovereignty.
01:16And he went further to say that if we allow the ICC to prosecute our countrymen,
01:27including former President Duterte,
01:30we are saying that our justice system is not working in our country.
01:36That's why I defended President Marcos when he said that.
01:41His position is correct.
01:43I don't understand why their position suddenly changed.
01:48Secretary, how confident are you that this petition will have an impact on your camp?
01:54Do you ask for a previous precedent case or jurisprudence of the Habeas Corpus petition?
02:01Well Marie, actually I think the petition for Habeas Corpus is not workable
02:08because it was already there, it was already transferred.
02:13That petition for Habeas Corpus went with each prayer for a temporary restraining order
02:20so that they can stop the acquisition of former President Duterte.
02:26But nothing happened. They didn't wait.
02:29Nothing happened. There was no action from the Supreme Court.
02:34So that's what happened.
02:36As the case, Secretary, what will be your next legal step?
02:40And will you follow suit because you said that you will be part of the legal team of former President Duterte?
02:48That is true, Marie, that I am part of the legal team of former President Duterte
02:53and we are meeting this afternoon to discuss and plan out our move
02:58on how to help and secure the liberty of our former President.
03:04Does the possibility of escalating the situation at the international level
03:12like the United Nations or other international bodies count as legal moves?
03:16That's what I don't understand.
03:19If you recall, Marie, there was an issue of warrants of arrest against Netanyahu.
03:25They informed them. Israel didn't allow it.
03:29Russia didn't allow it.
03:31Putin, yes.
03:33Other countries didn't enforce it because they didn't allow it.
03:40And no less than President Trump issued an order to investigate this ICC.
03:48They are interfering in the internal problem of our country.
03:53It's a clear case of an infringement on our national sovereignty.
03:58Who are they?
03:59Who are they to impose on our fellow countrymen?
04:03Any civilian, any single person in our country deserves to be treated here in our country,
04:11investigated here in our country, not in ICC.
04:15Okay.
04:16Secretary, did you talk to former President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday before he left?
04:23How is his health?
04:24And will you follow suit?
04:27Well, as a legal counsel, it's my duty to proceed to the date.
04:33Wherever our former President will go in order to provide legal assistance,
04:39we will work together with the other lawyers who will be meeting this afternoon
04:45on how we will plan on how to save our former President.
04:49And did you talk to him yesterday?
04:51How is his health?
04:54You know, when I arrived there at 9.30 in the morning,
04:59I was the first to arrive there.
05:01We met with Major General Bill.
05:05And he was very polite, very kind.
05:08He told me that former President Duterte will arrive.
05:12When he arrives, we will ride the coaster.
05:15And you will go with him?
05:17Yes, we will ride the cram.
05:19And he said, as a legal counsel, you can come with us.
05:23But that is the last time I saw him.
05:26And we were not allowed to meet with President Duterte.
05:31We did not talk to him.
05:33We did not see him.
05:34And to the time he left, I did not talk to former President Duterte.
05:39All right. So we will continue to report to you on what will be the next step
05:44when you talk to former President Rodrigo Duterte and to your meeting later this afternoon.
05:49Thank you very much.
05:50Former Labor Secretary Sylvester Bello III,
05:54legal counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte.