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00:00I am Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
00:10The British-Israeli lawyer, Nicholas Kaufman,
00:13is confident that former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:17will be acquitted in the murder as a crime against humanity case
00:20that he is facing in the International Criminal Court.
00:23And from the Netherlands,
00:25here is Marie Jumal.
00:28Marie?
00:32Yes, Pia.
00:33Vice President Sarah Duterte just left
00:36from the Scheveningen Prison
00:39where she visited her father
00:42before he arrived here at 2 p.m.
00:46So, more or less,
00:48she visited her father for more than an hour.
00:52She said that her father is in a good condition
00:55in the hospital part of the detention facility
00:58where he is staying
01:00so that he can always monitor his condition.
01:04Her father also said that
01:07his situation is good inside
01:11so that he can continue his stay in the detention facility
01:16as long as he is not released or released.
01:21Very comfortable,
01:22the temperature is controlled inside
01:24and he can also eat rice.
01:26The former president is in a high spirit inside the detention facility
01:30because according to Vice President Sarah Duterte,
01:33it is proven that she can charm people inside the detention facility.
01:38So, the usual former President Duterte
01:42when it comes to people,
01:44she can also charm people inside.
01:46The Vice President also said
01:48that she can send a letter to the detainees
01:52just like her father who received a letter from a Dutch couple
01:56and that is where the letter came from.
02:00It is also the story of a saint
02:03who is from the Netherlands
02:05and was also imprisoned in this detention facility
02:08where the same situation of injustice was experienced.
02:12So, as of now,
02:14her father told her that he is going to send her home
02:17but he said that he is still arranging
02:20before he goes back to the Philippines
02:22he wants to arrange his defense team first.
02:25And as of now,
02:27aside from the British-Israeli lawyer,
02:30Attorney Nicholas Kaufman,
02:32who was appointed by Duterte's camp to be his counsel,
02:38there are other lawyers that Vice President Sarah Duterte is talking to.
02:43It is proven that one of them will arrive here in The Hague
02:48and it is time for this defense team in the ICC
02:52to withdraw former Executive Secretary Salvador Medealdea
02:57because what the Duterte family wants
03:00is to get lawyers from her defense team
03:05who have experience in the ICC.
03:08The former President Rodrigo Duterte
03:10was already visited in the Scriveningan Prison
03:13by the lawyer he appointed in the ICC,
03:16the British-Israeli lawyer,
03:18Attorney Nicholas Kaufman.
03:20They talked for two hours.
03:22According to Kaufman,
03:24he hopes to be acquitted
03:26for the complaint that the former President is facing.
03:28We are very confident that the former president will be acquitted.
03:35The former president will be acquitted.
03:38I'm very confident of the strongest defense possible
03:41and I'm very confident that he will be acquitted.
03:43Indeed, even at the earliest stage possible.
03:45They will file petitions
03:47before the confirmation of charges hearing on September 23.
03:51There will be petitions obviously.
03:53Once again, it's not for me to comment on the defense strategy.
03:56That's my meeting time.
03:57What was the first message that the President gave to you?
04:02He said that he's in good spirits
04:03and looking forward to conducting the defense.
04:05How often are you able to visit the former president?
04:09I'm available to visit the former president
04:12as long as I'm here,
04:13as long as I'm allowed to do so.
04:15I have promised him that I will come
04:16every day that I'm in the Hague.
04:18As a senior counsel with experience in the ICC,
04:21he is the one who will help build the defense team.
04:24It will take more than a week.
04:27In the ICC, if Kaufman will be confirmed as a lawyer,
04:31he has already talked to Vice President Sara Duterte.
04:34The former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea
04:36should also visit Duterte
04:38before 9 a.m. in the Netherlands.
04:41But according to the Philippine Embassy there,
04:46while at the reception counter of the detention facility,
04:49Medialdea's feelings were hurt.
04:51That's why the medic called.
04:53The ambulance also called
04:54that he brought Medialdea to the hospital.
04:58At 6 p.m. last night,
05:00several groups gathered from different parts of Europe
05:03to demand justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings.
05:07Whoever is held guilty by the ICC
05:10is responsible for paying the victims.
05:13And while the case of a suspect is still rolling,
05:16he has the right to freeze his assets or property.
05:20Based on the website of the ICC,
05:22the Office of the Prosecutor
05:24will collect the financial information of a suspect
05:27at the beginning of the hearing.
05:29If the Warrant of Arrest or Summons to Appear is issued,
05:32the request for the identification,
05:35tracing and freezing of the property of the suspect
05:38can also be issued.
05:40The registry, or the one that performs the non-judicial functions of the ICC,
05:44is responsible for the identification,
05:46tracing and freezing of the property of the suspect.
05:49The ICC is responsible for finding and recovering the assets of the victims.
05:54And it will ask for the help of states
05:56and intergovernmental organizations
05:58to recover those assets.
06:00But according to one of the Filipino lawyers
06:02in the list of counsel of the ICC,
06:04there is a complication if the country is not in compliance with the Rome Statute
06:07where it will ask for the freezing of the assets of the suspect.
06:11This asset, when it's in the Philippines,
06:13it needs the cooperation of the Philippine domestic authorities.
06:17If it's outside, if it's not a non-state party,
06:20it's not obligated to cooperate under the Rome Statute.
06:25But if the government has a political will,
06:27there is still a legal way
06:29to implement the freezing if the ICC asks for it.
06:32Palacio said,
06:33If there will be an issue or the ICC will give an order,
06:39we will teach, we will give it to the right person
06:42if this is needed.
06:44Doesn't this mean that the Philippines will cooperate with the ICC?
06:48That's why we will send it to AMLOC.
06:50But AMLOC is under the Philippine government.
06:53Yes, but if there's a need for that,
06:55AMLOC doesn't care.
06:57So if it's needed to give reparation,
07:00damages to anyone,
07:02to the victims,
07:03justice needs to be given.
07:05Former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo
07:09has no legal basis for the freeze order.
07:12He won't be freezed either because the former president is poor.
07:15In the last SAL-N issued to the public in 2017,
07:18the former president has a net worth of more than Php 28 million.
07:22His last SAL-N were not made public.
07:24According to the ICC,
07:26sometimes the accused's repaid assets are not enough
07:29because of the extent of what happened to him.
07:31But the court has a trust fund
07:33that can be used for various kinds of support
07:36for the victims.
07:43Yes, Pia.
07:44From the detention facility of the ICC,
07:48Vice President Sara Duterte will go to a hospital
07:53where the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medealdea is confined.
07:58The former ES has already collapsed.
08:02They say that he takes care of himself.
08:08The former Executive Secretary is still working.
08:14He may be tired.
08:16But now, he will go to the hospital
08:19to find out his condition.
08:22Vice President Sara Duterte will give additional updates
08:27if he can find or get information.
08:31That's the latest.
08:32Pia?
08:34Thank you very much, Marie Zumali.
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