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00:00Let's be together in becoming TAKSI!
00:22For the first time ever,
00:24A while ago, a former Asian head of state joined the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court or ICC.
00:32Last night at 9 p.m. here in the Philippines,
00:35the former President Rodrigo Duterte appeared through a video link at the detention center of the ICC.
00:42The former President's trip is long and the time difference is large,
00:46so he is no longer a personal face in the pre-trial chamber 1.
00:50Duterte is facing a murder case as a crime against humanity for his administration's campaign against drugs.
00:58In front of the pre-trial chamber of the ICC,
01:01the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medealdea is standing as the former President's counsel.
01:07In the initial appearance hearing, the judges verified the former President's identity
01:13and the pre-trial chamber announced the complaints against Duterte.
01:17And lastly, the former President's rights under the Rome Statue.
01:23We will now talk to Jimmy Integrated News Stringer, Andy Peña Fuerte III,
01:28who is live from The Hague, Netherlands.
01:31Andy, what's the latest there?
01:34Good evening to you there in the Philippines, Pia, and good afternoon here in The Hague.
01:41The first appearance of former President Rodrigo Duterte started at 2.34 p.m. here and ended at 2.59 p.m. yesterday.
01:50As reported earlier, the former President Duterte was not in the chamber and he went to the live stream.
01:57And as reported earlier, the judges read the complaints against the former President Duterte.
02:06Pia?
02:08Andy, I just want to clarify this because we saw earlier in the pre-trial that the former President was not allowed to go
02:16and he was not allowed to face the staff because the trip was long.
02:19How many minutes was the trip and what is the time difference, Andy,
02:23from where the President was placed and where the ICC is?
02:28Pia, the detention center where the former President Duterte is now is 1.4 kilometers away from where we are standing here.
02:41And if you're going to take a taxi or ride, it's just a few minutes, but if you're going to walk, it's 19 minutes away.
02:50Meanwhile, what you saw in my lecture, the former spokesperson Harry Roque is currently speaking.
02:59He is talking to our countrymen here.
03:04Back to you, Pia.
03:05Alright.
03:06So, Andy, we just want to clarify this because you said that Attorney Harry Roque, the former Presidential Spokesperson,
03:12was not allowed to go, but the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea is facing the pre-trial chamber.
03:20Is Attorney Harry Roque going to establish a legal counsel with the former Executive Secretary Medialdea?
03:30From our initial information, when we talked to Attorney Roque after the first appearance,
03:37he confirmed that he was not allowed to go to the legal counsel.
03:43That is based on the initial information that the former Spokesperson Harry Roque told us earlier.
03:49And earlier, on the 24th, we said that they were trying to see the former President.
03:57Roque confirmed that they were not able to see the former President when they visited the Penitentiary, the ITC detention center earlier.
04:09So, they were only able to get a go-signal, or they were only allowed a cocktail.
04:14So, we are hoping that they will be able to see the former President at any time.
04:20According to Attorney Roque, their priority is to be able to see Jutis Sara Duterte, his son.
04:30All right. So, Andy, this means that the former President Duterte, Vice President Sara Duterte,
04:38his son, Attorney Harry Roque, and Senator Robin Padilla are also included because Vice President Duterte also came.
04:46Yes.
05:17All right.
05:28All right.
05:46All right.
06:16All right.
06:46All right.
07:16We have a lot of colleagues from the international media here, we have a lot of people talking to the local media that this is a big thing right now because the first Asian head of state to be deposed here in the ICC is President Duterte.
07:40We have a lot of people talking to the local media from Asia but this is based in Europe.
07:49That's what they told us.
07:51We have a lot of colleagues from the international media here, we have a lot of people talking to the local media that this is a big thing right now because the first Asian head of state to be deposed here in the ICC is President Duterte.
08:01Alright Andy, we'll keep you updated. Thank you very much.
08:04GMA Integrated News Stinger, Andy Panafuerte III.
08:09Vice President Sara Duterte went to the International Criminal Court to ask to see former President Rodrigo Duterte before his trial in the pre-trial chamber.
08:21Witness, Ian Cruz.
08:23Before the trial of former President Rodrigo Duterte in the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court, his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte went to the ICC with Senator Robin Padilla and Attorney Harry Roque.
08:41Yesterday, there was a conference with lawyers and we are here right now trying to access the former president.
08:53We have our reasons but we will try to avoid this.
09:00But our reason will be private.
09:05At that point, they haven't seen Duterte, even Vice President Duterte hasn't seen him yet.
09:12We haven't seen the former president.
09:16The whole day yesterday, he wasn't seen because he didn't attend the medical examination.
09:24So right now, the problem here in the ICC is that it takes a long time to see him.
09:29So we have just submitted the form to visit him.
09:32My priority is to make sure that they will see each other.
09:35If the court gives permission, the former president will have three lawyers.
09:39But for now, Roque said, former Executive Secretary Salvador Mejaldea is the only lawyer Duterte knows.
09:47In a letter to the ICC, Duterte appointed Mejaldea as one of his lawyers in listening to the ICC.
09:54He was also appointed by the former president to assist him in his case in the pre-trial chamber.
10:00Duterte asked for the help of the Office of Public Counsel for the Defense in visiting his bodyguards in the registry.
10:08Yesterday, Mejaldea went to the Hague Penitentiary Institution.
10:12But the reception staff said that Rodrigo Duterte is not there.
10:18Mejaldea first said that they asked the ICC, which is usually the hospital of the former president,
10:24because of his medical condition.
10:26Next, the International Criminal Court or ICC assured that Duterte is in their custody.
10:32They brought him to their detention center after all medical checks.
10:37The ICC spokesman said,
10:40Standard practice is necessary to protect the health and well-being of the suspect in their custody.
10:59With the help of the ICC, Duterte called the Embassy of the Philippines to help him visit his lawyer and relative.
11:08The Embassy of the Philippines brought him to the ICC.
11:11President Bongbong Marcos first said that the arrest of Duterte is not to help the ICC,
11:18but to fulfill the obligation to Interpol to fulfill the arrest warrant.
11:23When Malacanang confirmed, the Office of the President paid the private jet that arrived to the former president in the Hague Netherlands
11:32because of the assistance given by the government to Interpol.
11:36Even if the arrest warrant is issued against other respondents and it is passed to Interpol,
11:42the government will still help.
11:45But for now, they have no information about it.
11:48In a statement of CLTV 36, the former PNP chief Oscar Albayalde said that he is hoping that the government will protect him.
11:57We are also hoping for our government to protect us.
12:03The Palace also insisted that the President did not file a taxila, not to arrest Duterte.
12:09Next, Senator Bato de la Rosa said that he felt that the President filed a taxila
12:15and that his words should be condemned, not to investigate the ICC.
12:20Vice President Sar Duterte also said in an ambush interview that the President wrote to him
12:28assuring that the government will not help the ICC.
12:32We had a meeting earlier, the President and I were in a meeting.
12:36We were not able to discuss the letter.
12:39So if it is about Senator Bato, the betrayal of a person, if he is being accused,
12:47this is not an issue.
12:52The President and the government should not betray the law.
12:58He did not betray the interests of the country.
13:02One of the plans of the former President was to ask for an interim release of Duterte.
13:08Attorney Joel Butuyan, one of the five Filipinos on the ICC's list of counsel,
13:14has conditions of application for this.
13:17Consideration if he will escape.
13:20Second, is there a risk that he will intimidate, antagonize witnesses and the other parties if he is released?
13:32Third, will he tamper with evidence?
13:37The court did not consider the age of the accused.
13:41It is not easy to get an interim release from the ICC.
13:46The burden of proof is on the part of the accused to convince the judges that you will not fly away from the court of jurisdiction.
14:00But if the interim release is approved, it seems unlikely that he will be able to return to the country.
14:07One of the women who was killed in the War on Drugs on 2017,
14:10hoped that they will be witnesses in the ICC so that the former President can hear what they will say.
14:17Her message to the former President.
14:19I hope there will be no offland of harm.
14:22I hope my husband is alive.
14:25I hope the victims of the police are alive.
14:38You will pay for everything you did to me.
14:42For GMA Integrated News, I am Ian Cruz, your witness.
14:54For GMA Integrated News, I am Ian Cruz, your witness.