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00:00Let's update on the petition filed in the Supreme Court of the former President Duterte's camp and the latest update on his trip to the Netherlands.
00:08Let's talk to one of the legal counsel of the former President Rodrigo Duterte, Atty. Salvador Panelo.
00:13Atty. Panelo, welcome to Balitang Hali.
00:15Good afternoon to you, Rock.
00:18Did you talk to the President after he was arrested? How is he now?
00:23How can you talk to him? I haven't been able to go to the Billamore Air Base. They don't want me to go there.
00:30Even on the phone, you haven't been able to talk to your client?
00:33How can I talk to him on the phone? They're jamming our telephones.
00:39All the things you've mentioned, the possible raid, do you have any action against the PNP?
00:45First of all, it's not just a raid. You know, it's even worse than the dictatorship of his father.
00:51There are lawyers. We can go to all the detention centers so we can talk to our clients.
00:59This is not the case. It's not just us. It's not just the lawyers.
01:02It's the Senators of the Philippines. They don't let them in.
01:05It's the Vice President and his son. They don't let them in.
01:08It's worse than the dictatorship of his father.
01:11Does this have anything to do with the reality that the ICC is holding the case?
01:17No. It has something to do with their desire to maintain their power.
01:24They want to destroy their father so that they won't have any enemies in 2028.
01:29The ICC, they just used it.
01:32How can they use it? Does an international court have coordination with them?
01:38Or are they preventing them from having an arrest warrant?
01:41How can you say that they used the ICC?
01:43They used it because they want to remove President Duterte and Daisara out of the political drama in 2028.
01:54There's the ICC now, and they want to take President Duterte.
02:01They have money.
02:03Even though they signed their own declaration that the ICC has no jurisdiction.
02:12So they used it. It's very convenient.
02:16That's why they said...
02:18Interpol asked for a request.
02:22Interpol, as I've said many times, their mandate is to only facilitate the arrest.
02:28They won't arrest the police of the country.
02:32That's what they want.
02:33That's what they want.
02:35That's why it's easy to say that the arrest warrant from the ICC,
02:41aside from the fact that it's illegal and has no jurisdiction,
02:46others are saying that Interpol is an enforcement agency.
02:54That makes it worse.
02:56If the ICC is just an agency, that's the principle.
02:59It has no jurisdiction, especially the agency.
03:02So it's easy to say that everything they did is illegal.
03:04The arrest is illegal.
03:06They didn't get a warrant of arrest.
03:08They were detained.
03:11Detention is illegal.
03:13What they did is illegal.
03:15Effectively, they kidnapped the president.
03:18They took away his law.
03:20They took away his rights.
03:22They put him in a plane and brought him to another place.
03:25That's a violation of the law.
03:30The person responsible for that should be held accountable to the country.
03:35That's why we ran to the Supreme Court,
03:37because the Supreme Court is the only one who can know about this.
03:40That's why we're asking the Supreme Court to return the president
03:46and explain and justify why they did the illegal actions.
03:52That's the question.
03:53We can't say that there's no jurisdiction here in the Philippines.
03:59That's not allowed.
04:00Because your illegal actions, no matter where you go, will be followed.
04:05How can the Supreme Court judge if he's already detained there?
04:12What can you request?
04:14That's a problem for the government.
04:18The Supreme Court will order them to return him.
04:22If you did something illegal, correct yourself.
04:27Return him or you'll be held accountable.
04:29Okay.
04:30But the fact is, he's already being taken to jail.
04:32Does the president already have a counsel?
04:34Because, of course, not everyone can be a lawyer in the ICC.
04:38Do you already have a shortlist?
04:40As far as I know, Daishara is the one who hired lawyers for his mother.
04:45But you will help as lawyers here in the Philippines.
04:51That's what I'm doing.
04:57How was your visit to the Supreme Court?
05:00Do you have any expectations for today?
05:03Do you have any expectations because the Supreme Court ordered a special raffle yesterday?
05:10You know, the difference with the one that was paid by the tertiary
05:14is that it will go through a long process.
05:17The petition of the ICC is very easy.
05:21Under the rules, within 48 hours, the Supreme Court will take action.
05:27For now, I will take this opportunity.
05:30Do you have any information on the whereabouts of Senator Bato de la Rosa,
05:33especially since he will be the next one to be charged?
05:35No.
05:36When we met again, it was in Hong Kong.
05:39Okay.
05:40There was an event.
05:43For now, how are the relatives of the former president?
05:46Aside from Vice President Duterte, who is on his way to the U.S.
05:50Of course, they are saddened because this is happening in a democratic society.
05:57As I said, this is even worse than what Reime Marcos said was a dictatorship.
06:04Again, do you have any planned cases against those who ordered this?
06:09Even here in the Philippines, where the courts can hold
06:13to answer the allegations of the former president's arrest.
06:19As I have repeatedly said to all my lawyers,
06:22everyone who made an illegal act against President Duterte and anyone else,
06:29will be held accountable.
06:31Will this reach President Bongbong Marcos?
06:34All of them.
06:36All of them. There is no exception.
06:38Okay.
06:39Okay.
06:40It's clear.
06:41Thank you very much for your time on Balitang Hali.
06:43Thank you, Raffy.
06:44Atty. Salvador Panelo.