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00:00You're not a man, you're not a man! You're not a man, you're not a man! You're not a man, you're not a man!
00:10That's the kind of reaction I expected from you. You're a family.
00:18It passed 8 in the evening, before the former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in the Netherlands.
00:23The tension in the Villamor Air Base is high.
00:26Police Major General Nicolás Torre, who accompanied the former President, is on his way to the plane waiting for him.
00:33But Duterte is waiting for his son, Vice President Sir Duterte.
00:38I'm waiting for my son.
00:43No, him.
00:44Me, me, me.
00:45Me, me, me.
00:46Me, me, me.
00:47Me, me, me.
00:48My son is coming here.
00:52Sir President, he's not coming.
00:55If that's the case, it's okay. If he's not coming in, make it clear.
00:59Yes, sir. He's not coming in, sir.
01:00You're not letting him in?
01:03Yes, sir. Upon my order, sir.
01:05You're not letting him in?
01:06Yes, sir. Upon my order, sir.
01:10I said my son is a woman.
01:14They can visit you at your detention center, sir.
01:17Yes, sir.
01:18The former Executive Secretary Salvador Mijaldea was even more tense when he arrested Duterte
01:23because he was trying to stop him from taking Duterte.
01:27What did I do to you?
01:29Let me stand here.
01:30Sir.
01:32Let me go.
01:33No, sir.
01:34Let me go.
01:35Let me go.
01:36You have the right to remain silent.
01:39Everything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.
01:42You have the right for an attorney.
01:44If you cannot afford an attorney, an attorney will report it to you.
01:47Do you understand this right?
01:48Yes, sir.
01:49You are under arrest for obstruction of justice, Article 29, sir.
01:52Let's go.
01:53Go, sir.
01:54Go, sir.
01:56Go, sir.
01:57According to Mijaldea, the former President is weak for a long trip.
02:02In the end, Duterte agreed, but his partner, Hanilette Avancena, and his daughter, Kitty, were not with him.
02:11Can't you talk to my husband for a while?
02:14I'll talk to him later.
02:16At 9 p.m., the former President boarded a Gulfstream 550 private jet with Mijaldea.
02:24According to another Duterte's lawyer, Attorney Martin Delgra, the former President also has a nurse and personal assistant.
02:32But at 11 p.m., the private aircraft took off.
02:37In the flight path, in the flight radar app, you can see that the plane that President Duterte boarded from Manila to Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
02:47took an hour and a minute before it landed for a layover.
02:52And from Dubai, that plane will head to a particular part of Europe, here in Rotterdam, near The Hague, the Netherlands, where the ICC is located.
03:05At 8 a.m. Manila time, the plane arrived in Dubai to refuel.
03:10Duterte talked to Kitty's daughter when she landed in Dubai, based on the IG post of the young Duterte.
03:17Senator Pongo also posted pictures of the former President while in Dubai on his Facebook page.
03:23Before 4 p.m. Philippine time, the plane flew again to Rotterdam, The Hague Airport.
03:30They arrived in Manila early, expecting to arrive there.
03:34According to a source, Duterte's family asked the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands to remind him when he arrived in The Hague,
03:41but the ICC did not agree due to security issues.
03:45Based on the protocol, the former President will be turned over by the authorities to the ICC officials.
03:53He will be brought to the ICC Detention Facility, based on the website of the ICC.
03:58The Detention Center is complete with facilities.
04:01The detainee's cell will have its own bathroom, table, bed, television, and intercom.
04:08The detainee will also have access to the gym, sports facilities, kitchen, and computer.
04:13Based on the protocol, the former President will be booked in a cell.
04:19While Duterte was traveling, his children, Davao City Mayor Baste and Kitty, visited the Supreme Court.
04:26They asked for a separate petition for habeas corpus, an order from the Philippine government to return the father to them.
04:34The arrest and detainment of the former President Duterte cannot be based on the ICC Warrant of Arrest because the ICC has no jurisdiction in our country.
04:45A special raffle was held for the petitions and one member in charge was assigned to start the discussion and deliberation.
04:54The Justice Department agreed to follow the legal procedures for the arrest and protocols to ensure the due process and protection of Duterte's rights.
05:06The Supreme Court did not grant the former President and Senator Bato de la Rosa their request for assistance in the International Criminal Court and Interpol.
05:16According to the Supreme Court, the petitioner was unable to prove that there is a clear and undeniable right or need for the TRO to be released immediately.
05:25But they were given up to 10 days to comment.
05:30According to another lawyer of the former President, the petitions for habeas corpus were not enough for Duterte's children.
05:37I think that the petition for habeas corpus was not workable because it was already there.
05:44The petition for habeas corpus went with its prayer for a temporary restraining order so that they could stop the arrest of the former President Duterte.
05:56But they did not wait for it.
05:59According to another legal expert, the petitions could be considered by the court as moot or null and void.
06:05If it should be stopped, what else can we stop? I mean, that's the simple way to look at the mootness of that.
06:12However, this is also an opportunity for the court to clarify some questions about the ICC and the direction of the Philippines here, even if it is no longer a member.
06:23For GMA Integrated News, I am Ian Cruz, your witness.
06:31No matter what they said, Vice President Sara Duterte did not allow her to enter the Villamor Air Base when she arrived from Hong Kong last night.
06:40I don't know about that because they did not allow me to enter the Air Base.
06:47I talked to the former President Rodrigo Duterte personally so that I could give him instructions and he could also give instructions to me.
07:03We have been here for more than 30 minutes and General Marville is in charge of the entire Villamor Military Air Base.
07:17She remained outside the Air Base with her family members who gathered there last night.
07:23The Philippines! The Philippines!
07:27It was not easy for Vice President Duterte.
07:29According to the investigation, the arrest of her father was called a state kidnapping.
07:34It is very sad. It is very sad because where can you find a countryman who will give his citizenship to a foreigner?
07:47It is very shameful as a Filipino.
07:51We talked earlier but the signal inside was choppy because the signal was jammed.
07:57He said that there is nothing we can do.
08:00The way I say it, that's life.
08:04But then I told him some instructions on what to say and what to do.
08:12But to be honest, he should not leave the country.
08:18V.P. Sara's gate. There are processes that were not followed in the arrest and kidnapping of her father abroad.
08:24I cannot leave our former President.
08:30Not because he is my father, but because I cannot accept that we are being doormat by foreigners.
08:46It is very personal. As you can see, they filed an impeachment.
08:50Their basis is hearsay and gossip.
08:55Black voting is very strong now.
08:58Black voting of nine candidates of PDP-Laban is getting stronger and snowballing.
09:07V.P. was also surprised that the father of the former political asylum in China was there.
09:13I was there in Hong Kong.
09:17He did not talk to the Chinese government.
09:21And in fact, he said, if you remember, his flight was at 4 p.m. to the Pacific, right?
09:28He said, let's wake up at 7 a.m. so that I can return to the Philippines.
09:37That was willingly surrendering himself to the jurisdiction of the Philippine authorities, not the ICC.
09:46Because he did not see and only talked to the father, he decided to follow him to The Hague, Netherlands.
09:53There are arrangements because I need to talk to the lawyers.
09:59We will go wherever he goes.
10:02I will go to the lawyers and we will talk about what to do.
10:09Earlier this morning, he traveled to the Netherlands.
10:13The layover of his visa was also in Dubai and he is expected to arrive in Amsterdam tomorrow.
10:17His brother, Congressman Paulo Duterte, said that he also moved to go to the father.
10:23Earlier, the camera released his travel clearance to go to the Netherlands and Japan.
10:28Malacanang answered the visa request.
10:31He said that he was kidnapped by the former president.
10:34How can it be a kidnapping if there is a warrant of arrest?
10:38It was issued by an authority, by the court.
10:43We have a complete document.
10:44For GMA Integrated News, I am Marisol Abdurrahman, your witness.
10:54We will not stop until the last drug lord, the last financer, and the last pusher have surrendered or put behind bars or below the ground.
11:18When President Rodrigo Duterte launched his war against drugs,
11:22its main perpetrator was his first PNP chief and now senator, Ronald Bato De La Rosa.
11:28So when the International Criminal Court investigated the war on drugs where thousands were killed,
11:34De La Rosa was also involved.
11:36Now that former President Duterte was arrested by the ICC, De La Rosa is getting ready.
11:42She said in a Facebook post that if she tried all the legal remedies but it did not work, she does not want her family to suffer.
11:50She said that De La Rosa is ready to go with the former president to take care of her.
12:03De La Rosa is now in Mindanao explaining why she was not contacted yesterday in the middle of the arrest of Duterte.
12:13I hung up my phone because we are busy filing our petition.
12:19If there are many calls, we are having a hard time. We are chasing our petition.
12:25De La Rosa said that she was the one who was assigned to file the petition requested by the TRO from the Supreme Court
12:32because they heard the release of the arrest warrant of the ICC.
12:36I've been expecting it already because we have our own intel.
12:44The day we were in Hong Kong, my flight was supposed to be early.
12:50I did not continue because I received information that we already have a warrant.
12:59I said I will not continue to file my petition.
13:01I hung up my phone because there are many calls.
13:05Now that the arrest warrant was successful, De La Rosa did not hide her bad feelings against President Bongbong Marcos
13:14who promised them that he will not help the ICC.
13:18Feeling betrayed. Feeling betrayed. Betrayal to the max.
13:23It is very vivid in my memory.
13:26When he told me, when we talked in Malacanang, that he will never cooperate with the ICC.
13:34He really told me that he will never cooperate with the ICC because after you, it will be us again.
13:42In the President's statement last night, he said that the government did not help the ICC
13:47and only followed its obligations to Interpol.
13:50But this did not convince De La Rosa.
13:54That's a very primitive alibi. That only goes to show that they are really interested in convicting President Duterte to the ICC.
14:03You are the President of the Philippines. You can say that you can reject.
14:09They are too stubborn. Don't make an excuse like Interpol and Interpol.
14:14That's too low. That's too low.
14:17GMA Integrated News is still trying to get a warrant for this case.
14:21For GMA Integrated News, I am Darlene, your witness.
14:26DUTERTE! DUTERTE! DUTERTE!
14:31Supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte gathered in various places.
14:36Davao supporters gathered at Rizal Park.
14:40Some lit candles.
14:44Some lit candles and prayed.
14:47Some did not stop praying while watching Duterte's ride on the plane.
14:53In Cotabato City, 4,000 Duterte supporters came to the peace rally.
15:00Before that, they had a unity walk from Parang Road, Magallanes Road, to City Plaza.
15:07The police strictly enforced security in the area.
15:12It was sudden. The rally started after Tarawih, the breaking of fasting.
15:18People came to the prayer rally in General Santos City.
15:22Tata, I will pray for you.
15:24Some gathered in Cagayan de Oro City.
15:27In Cebu City, Duterte's supporters sang and prayed emotionally.
15:33DUTERTE! DUTERTE! DUTERTE!
15:36But not only Duterte's supporters came together.
15:39Some groups gathered at Fuente Osmeña Circle.
15:43The families of the victims of extrajudicial killings,
15:47who were accused of drug and red tagging,
15:50celebrated the arrival of the former president who had already started using the justice system.
15:55Our justice system is not only about arresting the former president,
16:00but it is also about imprisonment or imprisonment in the so-called justice system.
16:06For GMA Integrated News, I am Efren Mamac of GMA Regional TV, your witness.
16:15It's a good thing that Duterte has due process.
16:18My children were just sent to the Philippines. They don't have due process.
16:22For the victims who were accused of extrajudicial killings in the Duterte drug war,
16:28it seems that the path to justice is just starting
16:32in the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte for the allegation of crimes against humanity.
16:38Duterte, be punished!
16:40Imprisonment! Imprisonment!
16:42Imprisonment! Imprisonment!
16:44Duterte, be punished!
16:46They asked Duterte to be punished.
16:49As for those who are waiting, the widow of Michael Lee, who was executed on March 20, 2017.
16:56He will not be imprisoned. We will not stop.
16:59Some are judging the difference in the situation of Duterte and their loved ones in life.
17:07I am crying because I am happy that Duterte was arrested.
17:14He was very lucky because he was given the right to defend himself.
17:22But for us, the poor victims, we were not given that right.
17:30I am not content that Duterte is the only one who will be punished.
17:35All Duterte's relatives should be punished.
17:38The Human Rights Group, or Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates,
17:43which was one of the first to file a complaint against Duterte for human extrajudicial killings,
17:50is happy with the arrest of the former president.
17:53They hope that they will have a chance.
17:56We were surprised by the speed of the incident.
17:59But the fact that we engaged in various mechanisms,
18:03in finding justice for the victims,
18:07of course, you expect that this will be achieved.
18:11The question is when and how long.
18:13Based on the data of PDEA, more than 6,000 were killed in anti-drug operations from 2016 to 2022.
18:22But the trust of some human rights groups is even greater,
18:26including the cases of EJK.
18:29As of now, not less than three cases of killings related to drug war
18:34have been brought home for conviction or to be handed over to some police officers.
18:39EJK was not able to accept the fact that Duterte now looks like a victim.
18:45Whatever you are going through now,
18:48what your children are saying,
18:50we also experienced that.
18:53For GMA Integrated News, I am Tina Panganiban Perez, your witness.
19:03Three female judges will hold the case of former President Rodrigo Duterte in the International Criminal Court.
19:11And if the case of former President Duterte continues,
19:15he might be the first Asian head of state to be executed by the ICC.
19:22Witness, Mackie Polido.
19:28A few days ago, the International Criminal Court signed the arrest warrant
19:33that initiated the pre-trial Chamber 1 against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
19:38The case he is facing, Murder as a Crime Against Humanity,
19:42was carried out in the Philippines between November 1, 2011 to March 16, 2019.
19:49According to the ICC, the time that a suspect can be put in ICC custody
19:53will be scheduled for his initial appearance hearing.
19:56This is part of the pre-trial stage,
19:58where three pre-trial judges will confirm the identity of the suspect
20:03and verify that he understands the case against him.
20:06After the prosecution, defense, and legal representative of the victims,
20:11the judges will decide if there is enough evidence to continue the investigation.
20:15According to the ICC, this usually happens within 60 days.
20:20Three women with long experience in the field of judicature and human rights law
20:24are the judges in the pre-trial Chamber 1,
20:27which is currently holding Duterte's case according to the ICC website.
20:31When the case is investigated, the trial chamber will be formed and new judges will be appointed.
20:37In the trial stage, the prosecution needs to prove that the accused is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
20:43The sentence can reach up to 30 years in prison,
20:47but there are cases where the sentence can be life sentence.
20:51The decision can be appealed.
20:53Reparation or damages can also be ordered for the victims.
20:57While the accused is being litigated, this can apply for interim release.
21:02If rejected, he can be reviewed every 120 days.
21:06The average time or period of hearing in the ICC is 8 years.
21:12One of the longest is 10 years.
21:14But one of the fastest is 2 years.
21:18It also depends on how angry or how much Duterte Camp will contest the charges against him.
21:25Four criminal cases are under jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
21:30Genocide, war crime, crime of aggression, and crimes against humanity.
21:35This is what former President Rodrigo Duterte is facing.
21:39The ICC does not prohibit the regular courts of states.
21:44This will only be included in the scene if the state does not move or if its desire to punish individuals behind heinous crimes is not true.
21:53The ICC is not actually meant to try all sorts of crimes.
21:59It's not a substitute to domestic courts.
22:03Its mandate is only to try the heinous crimes against humanity.
22:11In March 2019, during the Duterte administration, the Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute.
22:17But according to the International Criminal Court,
22:20because of the crimes against humanity while the Philippines is still a member, the ICC still has jurisdiction over the case.
22:27There is a provision in the Rome Statute, Article 127.
22:31If the withdrawal has already started before it became effective, it will not move or continue.
22:37Otherwise, it will be easy to escape because you will just withdraw.
22:42If the former President continues his quest in the detention center of the ICC,
22:47he will be detained on the outskirts of The Hague in the Netherlands.
22:51But if he is sentenced, he will not be imprisoned there.
22:55According to the ICC, the sentence will be served in the state that was appointed by the court,
22:59from the list of states that allowed the arrest of convicted individuals.
23:04The ICC is here in Salalay, in its member states.
23:08There are volunteers there.
23:10They can volunteer as a penal facility or their view court.
23:15Because we are no longer a member, we lost the chance to volunteer as a believer.
23:21For GMA Integrated News, I am Mackie Pulido, your witness.
23:27At 12.30 p.m. here in the Philippines,
23:30the former President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to land at the Rotterdam Airport in The Hague in the Netherlands.
23:38And before he arrived, some of his supporters gathered in front of the ICC.
23:46They held the banner as a support to the former President.