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00:00The defense team of former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:04requested that he be released from the detention center of the International Criminal Court.
00:09Watch Ian Cruz.
00:17In different parts of the country,
00:19supporters of the former President continue to call for him to return to the Philippines
00:25while the former President is in jail at the ICC Detention Facility in The Hague, Netherlands.
00:30His legal team here in the Philippines continues to prepare.
00:34According to his former Labor Secretary, Attorney Silvestre Belio Duterte,
00:39among his accomplices in the defense of the former President are
00:44Attorney Martin Del Gra,
00:46Attorney Israelito Torreon,
00:48Attorney Vic Rodriguez,
00:49Attorney Fred Lim, who is in the same class as the President,
00:52and Attorney Cesar Billy Dulay, former Commissioner of the BIR,
00:56who is also leading their team,
00:57former Executive Secretary Salvador Mijaldea,
01:00who is accompanied by the former President of Imbiahe,
01:02going to the Netherlands.
01:23The defense team of Duterte will first ask for his temporary release
01:29which can be applied by the accused according to the rules of the ICC.
01:52How can you hide? Former President, can he hide?
01:55All the people know him.
01:57A lawyer cannot just enter an appearance in the International Criminal Court
02:03to become a legal counsel of a victim.
02:08A lawyer must first apply to the ICC to be admitted to the list of counsel.
02:14Only five Filipino lawyers are on the list of counsel of the ICC,
02:18including the former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque,
02:22who may also be on the list of defendants of the former President.
02:27According to Belyo,
02:28he is also on the list of defendants of the International Criminal Court or ICC
02:34because the Philippines did not mention it after withdrawing in 2019.
02:39Even the warrant of arrest issued by the Interpol in the country
02:44which Belyo did not see.
02:46In a statement, the ICC said that after becoming a member in November 2011,
02:51the withdrawal of the Philippines from the Rome Statute was effective in March 2019.
02:57Despite this, the ICC continues to have jurisdiction over the crimes committed in the Philippines
03:04while it is still a member of the Rome Statute.
03:07Malacanang, the former defendant,
03:10did not fully agree with the arrest of the former President yesterday.
03:14For some legal experts, the warrant of arrest is legitimate.
03:27In Article 59 of the Rome Statute,
03:29the accused should be presented to the competent judicial authority or court.
03:34This did not happen when Duterte was arrested.
03:37The role of the competent judicial authority is to check
03:40if the person you arrested is really the one who was named in the warrant of arrest.
03:46Secondly, if the right process was followed.
03:49Thirdly, if his rights were respected.
03:52But according to Attorney Ralph Sarmiento,
03:55the College of Law of the University of St. LaSalle, Bacolod,
03:59Article 59 of the Rome Statute is not applicable
04:03because the Philippines withdrew in 2019.
04:06Accordingly, the right of the accused should not be violated.
04:15According to Attorney Joel Butuyan,
04:17one of the five Filipino ICC-accredited lawyers,
04:20even in the Rome Statute,
04:22the law of the Philippines is included in the implementation of the warrant of arrest.
04:36His basic rights were actually respected.
04:39For GMA Integrated News, I am Ian Cruz, your witness.