Dating Pres. Duterte, maaaring sampahan ng bukod na kaso sa Pilipinas ayon kay Atty. Cayosa

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Dating Pres. Duterte, maaaring sampahan ng bukod na kaso sa Pilipinas ayon kay Atty. Cayosa; Bayan Muna chair Colmenares: mga biktima ng EJK, malaki ang takot noong panahon ng administrasyong Duterte   For more news, visit:  ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/  Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel: ►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines  Like our Facebook pages: ►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph  ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas  Follow us on Twitter:  ►http://twitter.com/PTVph  Follow us on Instagram: ►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph  Watch our livestream on:  ►http://ptvnews.ph/livestream/ ►https://www.dailymotion.com/PTVPhilippines  Watch our News Programs, every Mondays to Fridays  Rise and Shine Pilipinas - 6:00 - 7:00 am | 7:30 - 8:00 am Balitang Pambansa - 7:00 - 7:30 am | 12:00 - 12:30 pm | 6:00 - 6:30pm | 9:30 - 10:00 pm PTV Sports - 8:00 - 9:00 am Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon - 12:30 - 1:00 pm Sentro Balita - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ulat Bayan - 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm PTV News Tonight -  10:00 pm - 10:30 pm  Saturday & Sunday: ►Sentro Balita Weekend - 1:30 - 2:00 pm ►Ulat Bayan Weekend - 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

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00:00The victims of the extrajudicial killing were left with no choice but to go to the International Criminal Court.

00:07This is the belief of a law expert, Atty. Domingo Cayoza.

00:11Cayoza also said that the case of Crimes Against Humanity in the Philippines could also be sued.

00:17Reporting from the country, I'm Harley Valbuena, for PTV.

00:23Aside from the International Criminal Court,

00:26the former President Rodrigo Duterte could also be sued aside from the case in the Philippines,

00:31under the name of the bloodthirsty War on Drugs.

00:34According to the law expert, Atty. Domingo Cayoza,

00:36there is a self-proclaimed Philippine law that punishes Crimes Against Humanity.

00:42This is Republic Act No. 9851 that came into force in 2009.

00:48Cayoza said that the significance of Crimes Against Humanity in the law

00:53is the same as what is stated in the Rome Statute of the ICC.

00:57That's why Duterte could also be sued under this.

01:01We actually have Republic Act No. 9851,

01:06which penalizes Crimes Against Humanity, war crimes, genocide.

01:12Very similar to the crimes that are within the jurisdiction of the ICC.

01:22The question is, why did Duterte's case reach the ICC?

01:26Now he can file a case here in the Philippines.

01:30Cayoza said that many victims filed their cases, but they were dismissed.

01:37We have accounts, documented accounts, of families of victims who went to the police for investigation.

01:43They went to the fiscal, they went to government agencies in charge of the criminal justice system.

01:50But nothing happened.

01:52They were just circled, arrested, and issued.

01:56That's why they were not filed.

01:58According to this, Bayan Muna Chairman Nery Colmenares,

02:02who is the legal counsel of EJK Victims,

02:05said that the victims' fear during Duterte's time was really high.

02:10Although Duterte has immunity in local cases during his presidency,

02:14he does not have immunity when it comes to the crimes that happened

02:18during his time as the mayor of Davao City,

02:21including the murders committed by the Umanoy Davao Death Squad,

02:25which were also included in the killings during his arrest by the ICC.

02:30According to this, Colmenares said that they were open to filing other cases in the country,

02:36not only Duterte, but also his former police generals.

02:41It's possible.

02:42In fact, what I want to file there, aside from President Duterte and his generals,

02:48those who implemented it, of course, pulled the trigger.

02:52Even if the local case continues,

02:54Colmenares said that they are asking for the help of the current government

02:58to access the documents related to the killings in the war on drugs.

03:03He still needs to strengthen the feelings of the victims' families,

03:07who until now still feel great fear.

03:11Even now, they are afraid.

03:13The police who committed those crimes are still active.

03:17In fact, I talked to someone in Cebu who said,

03:21I can still see the police who killed my son.

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