Former President Rodrigo Duterte and his lead counsel has already spoken twice, as more foreign lawyers are expected to join the defense team. The lead counsel also consults with other Filipino lawyers.
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00:00Even if the defense team is far away from the former President Rodrigo Duterte,
00:06his lead counsel is still consulting with some Filipino lawyers.
00:11Duterte has talked to them twice and there are additional members of the defense.
00:17The latest on The Hague, The Netherlands, broadcast live with Maris Romani.
00:23Maris?
00:25Well, it is proven that Vice President Sara Duterte will only appear in her visit to the former President Rodrigo Duterte's father
00:34here in the Scriveningan Prison.
00:36And she will only say that today, later tonight, actually, at this time here in The Hague,
00:43another foreign lawyer will arrive whom she will talk to and interview to become part of the defense team.
00:53And he will be the co-counsel of Atty. Nicholas Kaufman.
01:00And the target of the defense team is to complete this within a week.
01:10The former President Rodrigo Duterte and his lead counsel, Nicholas Kaufman,
01:15have already started talking about how to win the case of Crimes Against Humanity for Murder
01:19which is in the International Criminal Court or ICC.
01:22According to Atty. Kaufman, Duterte has already worked with them
01:26in the second visit to the former President in the ICC detention cell here in The Netherlands.
01:32I'm going to instruct him on the nature of the case against him and he's going to tell me how to fight it and to win it.
01:37Kaufman does not yet want to say who will be part of the legal team.
01:41Earlier, Vice President Sara Duterte said that the foreign nationals will be included.
01:46I'm not commenting on the name of the counsel, okay, in any way whatsoever.
01:51And that doesn't mean that I'm approving or disapproving of any nomination or any name that you're mentioning.
01:58The announcement will be made in due course.
02:00Despite that, Kaufman said that he is still consulting Filipino lawyers.
02:05I'm already taking advice from Filipino lawyers. I have to in a case like this.
02:09There is an essential element of any case of the International Criminal Court that there is a need for foreign lawyers.
02:15So there will definitely be involvement of Filipino lawyers. I need them.
02:19Kaufman also said that he has already advised Duterte on the nature of the case of Crimes Against Humanity.
02:24Aside from this, Kaufman does not want to give other details on how they will defend Duterte in the confirmation of charges hearing on September 23.
02:32But one of the things they will discuss in the pre-trial chamber 1 is how Duterte was arrested this March and was flown here to The Hague.
02:40Everybody saw what happened to him when he returned to the Philippines, was put onto a plane and thrown over here.
02:49So you will be filing for interim release?
02:53I'm not going to divulge defense strategy.
02:55Indirect co-perpetrator is Duterte in the warrant of arrest issued by the ICC in the murder case of Crimes Against Humanity.
03:03Meanwhile, Mel, the additional information that Vice President Sara Duterte gave us is that her father was transferred to a regular detention facility.
03:19He is no longer in the hospital part of the facility.
03:24His blood sugar is under control.
03:26His blood sugar is being checked four times a day.
03:31Other vital signs are normal.
03:34President Duterte used to watch TV.
03:39But when he was asked if he watches international news that he likes to watch, he said he does not watch news because it is filtered.
03:52Aside from this, he offered books.
03:57But the former president said that he is having a hard time because his vision is blurry.
04:02He is also suffering from eye pain.
04:06So that is the latest.
04:07We will be back in The Hague, Netherlands.
04:09Back to you, Mel.
04:10Thank you very much, Marie Zumari.
04:22.