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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte and former President Rodrigo Duterte were arrested in the detention facility of the International Criminal Court.
00:10According to the vice president, they are now forming the defense team of the former president, not including Atty. Harry Roque.
00:17Live from Dihe, the first news is with Maris Umali. Maris.
00:23It is now 12.22 in the early hours here in Dihe, the Netherlands.
00:32And for the second time since arriving here in Dihe, Vice President Sara Duterte visited her father again in the detention facility that is now in Skaveningen Prison.
00:46The vice president said that Duterte was sent home by the former president of the country.
00:56But she is still fixing the defense team of her father.
00:59As of now, aside from British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, who is the lead counsel, she is still talking to another lawyer to join the team.
01:08These are all foreign nationals who have experience in the International Criminal Court.
01:13Vice President Duterte also said that she will withdraw former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as her father's lawyer in order to fix the defense team.
01:21According to Vice President Sara, the defense team of the former president, Atty. Harry Roque, will not be a part of the defense team.
01:29We have not yet established the basis of his stay here in the Netherlands.
01:40And we don't want complications. We want the lawyers to be able to focus on the case.
01:48We want him to focus on his asylum. And we want our lawyers to focus on the case.
01:59If Atty. Roque still wants the former president's lawyer, he needs to discuss this with the FPRRD.
02:07We asked for Atty. Roque's reaction, but he said no comment.
02:12Vice President Sara also said that her father's condition is fine.
02:16She is still staying at the hospital of the ICC Detention Facility to monitor the doctors.
02:23He is not yet an all-seer. Maybe based on his doctor's assessment.
02:31He is in very good spirits. I asked him how he is eating. He said there is rice.
02:43But his father's moral is high. The truth is that his friends are already in prison.
02:49Vice President Sara Duterte also said that she can send a letter inside the prison,
02:54like what a Dutch couple did. But this is first examined by the people of the detention facility.
03:00The former president said that the family should not go to The Hague.
03:04And regarding the upcoming rally here in The Hague on March 23,
03:12former President Rodrigo Duterte thanked all those who support him here in The Hague and even in the Philippines.
03:20But he said he does not want to disrupt or disturb others.
03:29Former President Rodrigo Duterte was already visited at the Scriveningan Prison
03:34by his lawyer at the ICC, British-Israeli lawyer Atty. Nicholas Kaufman.
03:39They talked for two hours. According to Kaufman, he hopes to be acquitted of the complaint filed by the former president.
04:02They will file petitions before the confirmation of charges hearing on September 23.
04:09Petitions obviously. Once again, it's not for me to comment on the defense strategy at this moment in time.
04:14What was the first message that the president gave to you?
04:19That he's in good spirits and looking forward to conducting a defense.
04:23How often are you able to visit the former president?
04:27I'm available to visit the former president as long as I'm here, as long as I'm allowed to do so.
04:32I have promised him that I will come every day that I'm in The Hague.
04:35As a senior counsel who has experience in the ICC, he is likely to help in forming the defense team.
04:41This will take at least a week.
04:44He is in the ICC to confirm Kaufman as a lawyer.
04:48He also talked to Vice President Sara Duterte.
04:51The former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea should also be visited by Duterte before 9 in the morning in the Netherlands.
04:58But according to the Embassy of the Philippines there,
05:01while at the reception counter of the detention facility, Medialdea's feelings were hurt.
05:06That's why the medics called.
05:08The ambulance also called that he brought Medialdea to the hospital.
05:11Medialdea's close relative was also with him at the hospital.
05:15According to one of the Philippine lawyers on the list of counsel of the ICC,
05:19there is a complication if the country does not comply with the Rome Statute,
05:23where the freezing of the assets of the accused will be requested.
05:26These assets, when it's in the Philippines, it needs the cooperation of the Philippine domestic authorities.
05:32If it's outside, if it's not a non-state party, it's not obligated to cooperate under the Rome Statute.
05:40But if the government has a political will, there is still a legal way to implement the freeze if requested by the ICC.
05:48Palacio said,
05:49If there will be an issue or if the ICC will give an order,
05:54we will teach it, we will give it to the rightful person if necessary.
05:59The former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo
06:03has no legal basis for the freeze order and will not freeze because the former president is poor.
06:09In the last case that was released to the public in 2017,
06:12the former president has a net worth of more than P28 million.
06:16His last sales were not released to the public.
06:18According to the ICC, sometimes the recovered assets of the accused are not enough due to the extent of the crime.
06:25But the court has a trust fund that can be used for various kinds of support for the victims.
06:36Attorney Kaufman will visit the former President Rodrigo Duterte every day at the detention facility.
06:43After the visit of Vice President Sara Duterte to her father at the detention facility,
06:47she went to the hospital where the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea is confined.
06:53According to a statement of the Philippine Embassy here in the Netherlands,
06:57after Medialdea was given treatment in the emergency room,
07:02she was transferred to a regular room of the hospital.
07:05That is the latest situation here in The Hague, the Netherlands.
07:09Back to you Egan.
07:10Thank you very much and be careful.
07:12Aris Umali live from The Hague, Netherlands.