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00:00This is Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
00:10The Office of the Prosecutor has submitted to the defense team of former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:16the evidence regarding the cases he is facing in the International Criminal Court.
00:20In an exclusive interview with Jimmy Integrated News, the speaker of the ICC,
00:25he explained about the interim release that the Duterte's camp is planning to ask for.
00:30Witness, Marie Zumal.
00:36The priority of the former President Rodrigo Duterte's camp is to get an interim release
00:41or temporary release from the International Criminal Court.
00:45In an exclusive interview with Jimmy Integrated News,
00:48the ICC spokesperson, Dr. Fadi L. Abdala, said that the mechanism of the interim release
00:54is to respect the principle of presumption of innocence.
00:57But when a suspect is arrested, there are things that the defense needs to show.
01:02And that presumption of innocence means that the principle should be the freedom of the suspects and not their detention.
01:09When the judges issue an arrest warrant, that means that they believe that the arrest of this specific individual is necessary
01:16either because he or she are still committing crimes
01:19or because he or she would not appear before the court and cooperate with it
01:24if the court issued assumption to appear and not an arrest warrant.
01:28Or because they believe that maybe without arresting this individual,
01:32they may be creating obstacles or threats to the proceedings, to the investigation, or to the witnesses.
01:39So, they have to justify that.
01:42In the ICC process, if a suspect is to appear,
01:46a summons or a warrant of arrest can be issued.
01:49When a summons is issued, the judges believe who the suspect is going to appear to.
01:55If a warrant of arrest is issued, the court has an excuse.
01:59An interim release can be requested if there is a possibility to put in place measures and conditions
02:07to ensure that if a person is released, none of that would happen.
02:11And that this person will be brought again before the court if the judges order so.
02:17And that means that there is a different set of conditions that needs to be checked.
02:22These conditions are what the court will look at if it is to be followed.
02:26In the past cases, the movement of the suspect was limited.
02:30It was only allowed to appear in the investigation.
02:32Witnesses are not allowed to talk to him and he cannot make public statements.
02:38In the case of Duterte, his family wants him to return to the Philippines.
02:43Dr. Al-Abdallah said that it is important if the country allows the disappearance of the suspect
02:50to be helped and the conditions related to the interim release will be followed.
02:55Does this country accept this release?
02:57If the court is ordering certain conditions and measures to be put in place
03:02to ensure that he will not be in contact with this or that,
03:05that he will not be threatening the investigation,
03:07that he will be brought again before the court when the judges order,
03:11does the country accept these conditions and measures or not?
03:17And so on.
03:18So, as a matter of general principle,
03:21all these conditions and questions need to be discussed before the judges
03:26and then the judges will decide whether or not to grant an interim release
03:34with or without conditions as I mentioned.
03:37It is also in the hands of the ICC judges where the country will grant custody of the suspect.
03:42Now, as a matter of principle, the ICC can enter into general agreements
03:48for interim release or for other purposes with different states,
03:53but can also enter into ad hoc agreements with certain states for specific cases.
03:59One of the issues of Duterte's camp is the way he was arrested.
04:03The ICC clearly stated that no matter how Duterte was arrested,
04:07he is now under the jurisdiction of the ICC.
04:11And the crimes that happened and are being complained to him
04:14were committed by a part of the Philippines under the Rome Statute.
04:18So, crimes allegedly committed during this period in Philippines
04:21were under the ICC jurisdiction and remain under the ICC jurisdiction.
04:27Meanwhile, the ICC Office of the Prosecutor said that the former President
04:30has already disclosed to the defense team the evidence
04:33that he is facing a murder case as a crime against humanity.
04:37181 items were undisclosed by the prosecution on March 21,
04:41in accordance with the order of the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber 1.
04:45From The Hague, Netherlands, for GMA Integrated News,
04:48I am Maryse Umali, your witness.
04:56Integrated News on YouTube for the latest news.