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00:00Harry Roque was requested asylum in the Netherlands to serve as the legal counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:06Roque is facing a complaint of qualified human trafficking, including in Laki South 99 Pogo in Porac, Pampanga.
00:13So he said, bring Roque home.
00:16Tina Panganiban Perez has the first news.
00:19On Friday, Harry Roque was requested asylum in the Netherlands to serve as the legal counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:35I'm filing formally for asylum here at the Netherlands.
00:38As soon as my application of asylum is received, I do have the rights to non-refoume.
00:44Non-refoume under international law means, number one, non-deportation until the investigation is completed, if I'm entitled to asylum status.
00:53And number two, non-prosecution for illegal entry.
00:56But my entry is legal because I have a visa.
00:59Roque is facing a complaint of qualified human trafficking, including in Laki South 99 Pogo in Porac, Pampanga.
01:07The case is still not reaching the court, so there is no arrest warrant for this.
01:12But there is an arrest order issued by the House Quad Committee in September last year against Roque because of contempt.
01:21There is also an initiation against him, an immigration lookout bulletin order.
01:25That's why members of the Quad Committee are wondering why Roque left the country, who they consider a traitor.
01:33I'm sure he used his passport when he arrived in the Netherlands, and his port of origin will definitely be reflected in his passport.
01:42So why was the Bureau of Immigration not informed about that? Why did the Bureau of Immigration not take action?
01:50So, he escaped, but he walked very comfortably.
02:00We still don't know from what country he came from before coming to the Netherlands.
02:06My petition to the Supreme Court was rejected to declare that the investigation they are doing is illegal entry.
02:13They are saying that I'm a fake news because Puganti is escaping from an arrest warrant initiated by a judge.
02:20The arrest warrant initiated by the Congress is only for a resource person to escape from an arrest warrant and submit documents.
02:28The Quad Committee of the House of Representatives clarified that the contempt and detention order of the committee against Atty. Harry Roque
02:36regarding his being a lawyer of former President Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague, the Netherlands.
02:42He was cited in contempt because of his failure to cooperate and attend and honor the invitation or respect the invitation of the Quad
02:52in the investigation in the aid of legislation. So that's the reason why he was contempted.
03:00His argument is that Roque should return to the Philippines.
03:05It would be better if we challenge him to go home because he brought home F.P. Duterte.
03:14So, it would be better if people shout, bring home Roque.
03:19Roque's answer is,
03:21I cannot come home. I have to defend my president.
03:24We asked the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Bureau of Immigration for permission.
03:29In the meantime, the Quad Committee said that they will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court
03:35if it asks for evidence related to the hearings regarding extrajudicial killings.
03:42Well, if they can access the records in the social media platforms, let them do it that way.
03:49But asking the participation of the Quad Committee, I'm sorry, but we cannot because we are not a member of the ICC.
03:56Here is the first news. Tina Panganiban-Perez for GMA Integrated News.