A day before the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for former President Rodrigo Duterte, a Department of Justice task force had already started drafting a crimes against humanity complaint against Duterte. This, according to a document that Senator Imee Marcos showed.
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00:00A day before the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for former President Rodrigo
00:05Duterte, a Department of Justice task force had already started drafting a crimes-against-humanity
00:10complaint against Duterte.
00:12This, according to a document that Senator Aimee Marcos showed.
00:16The DOJ memo is dated March 6, telling Prosecutor General Richard Fadulion that, quote,
00:21"...as of this writing, our private legal team is in the process of drafting the revised
00:25complaint for violation of Republic Act 9851 against former President Rodrigo Duterte and
00:31his accomplices."
00:32The memo is signed by Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Herbert Calvin Abugan.
00:37Aimee Marcos shows the document to question why her brother's government would hand Duterte
00:41over to the ICC when the DOJ was already working on building a local case against him.
00:47If there is a case build-up, there is a draft of the complaint, why did we still have to
00:52cooperate with the ICC?
00:54Malacanang maintains that the Philippines has no obligation to the ICC as a non-member
00:59and that the court lacks jurisdiction.
01:01President Marcos also justifies Duterte's arrest, saying the Philippines had to cooperate
01:06with Interpol to maintain good standing.
01:09Rappler reached out to Fadulion and Justice Secretary Boeing Remulia for verification.
01:14Remulia says he will check with Abugan.