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Transcript
00:00The Netherlands needs overseas Filipino workers to show support to former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:12A lawyer explained what the prosecution needs to do to prove the accusations of crimes against humanity.
00:19And live from The Hague, we have the first news with us, Marie Jubany. Marie.
00:25Good evening, Ivan. Good evening from The Hague.
00:33It's already past 11 o'clock in the night here in the Netherlands.
00:37It's already past 6 o'clock in the Philippines.
00:39Today, former President Rodrigo Duterte went to his legal team to defend himself
00:47against the allegations he is facing here in the International Criminal Court.
00:51He asked his legal team to remove the allegations against the former President
00:57of crimes against humanity before the next hearing in September 23.
01:03When we arrived here yesterday, we saw that the supporters of the former President
01:11did not come to express their love for the former President.
01:17Some OFWs from France were emotional when they came here to the Scheveningen Prison
01:25to show their support for former President Rodrigo Duterte.
01:28They are eagerly waiting outside the prison. The cold does not fade.
01:33They know they will not see him, but this is their simple way to show support and love for him.
01:40I hope the International Criminal Court will see this.
01:43We know that we will not see him, but we need to support him because we love him so much.
01:51A while ago, they also went to the ICC and went to the church to light a candle and pray for Duterte.
01:58They will return on March 23 to attend the Malawkang Rally.
02:02Duterte's funeral will also be held on March 28.
02:06The ICC can hear the voices of Filipinos because there are so many Filipinos for Duterte.
02:17For now, the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medealdea is the only formal lawyer of the former President.
02:24Attorney Harry Roque said that he already talked to the British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman,
02:29who is one of the people they named in the ICC to become Duterte's counsel.
02:34I have confirmed who the counsel is.
02:36The only one who was recognized by the court is Attorney Bingbong Medealdea.
02:40I don't know because we still don't have permission to enter the detention facility.
02:45But we talked to Attorney Kaufman and we are still waiting.
02:50According to the website of Kaufman's law firm, he became the prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
02:57and the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
03:00Roque said that they are planning to question the ICC's jurisdiction before the next hearing on September 23.
03:08We have been preparing for a year already.
03:12Everything that we expected to happen, in fact, happened.
03:15So we have a contingency for everything that has happened.
03:19The confirmation of charges hearing was held on September 23
03:22to find out if there is sufficient evidence that shows that there are substantial grounds that the accusations were made by the suspect.
03:29According to the arrest warrant of the ICC to Duterte, there are reasonable grounds to believe that Duterte is responsible
03:35as an indirect co-perpetrator for crimes against humanity.
03:39According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, more than 6,000 people were killed during the war against drugs by Duterte.
03:45According to the Commission on Human Rights, it reached 27,000.
03:49More than 8,000 according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
03:54In the complaint filed against Duterte in the ICC pre-trial chamber,
03:57the suspect is the one who was not less than 24 killed from 2016 to 2019 during the war on drugs by the Duterte administration
04:05and not less than 17 killed from 2011 to 2016 by the Davao Death Squad.
04:11According to one of the five Philippine ICC accredited lawyers, Attorney Joel Ruiz Butuyan,
04:17it was not in the ICC trial that all the killings were proven.
04:21The prosecution only needs to show if the killings were systematic and were done by the police as a solution to illegal drugs
04:29and if the killings are related.
04:32It was widespread and systematic.
04:34They will present sample incidents that will prove that the killings were done by the police as a solution to illegal drugs.
04:44The prosecutor will give former President Duterte the evidence to use against him in the trial.
04:51It is a great privilege for him because in the Philippines, there is no such thing.
04:55The trial will be very fair.
04:57Roque said that he did not leave the Netherlands when former President Duterte was not with him.
05:02As of now, Vice President Sara Duterte is the only one who was given permission to visit the former president.
05:07Meanwhile, Ivan, it is not only the supporters who are protesting.
05:17In fact, tomorrow, on Monday, here in the Netherlands, there will be a strong protest
05:25by those who support the families of victims of human rights extrajudicial killings in our country.
05:35Ivan?
05:36Maris, what is the latest from VP Sara? Will she visit former President Duterte today?
05:46You know Ivan, since Vice President Sara Duterte appeared in the first appearance hearing of former President Rodrigo Duterte in the ICC,
05:56she met with her supporters and her father's supporters,
06:01and she also answered the media's questions.
06:04Vice President Sara Duterte was not seen again and she was not contacted.
06:10Even Attorney Harry Roque is telling us that she was not contacted by Vice President Sara Duterte.
06:18But the vice president has a daily pass to visit her father.
06:25So there is no confirmation that she uses it every day,
06:28but I believe it is safe to assume that she regularly visits her father to maximize her daily pass, Ivan.
06:39And when will Maris visit the other children of the former president in the Netherlands?
06:43And when they arrive, will they also have the daily pass because they are immediate family members?
06:50Yes. Ivan, the members of the Duterte family in the Philippines are still waiting for their Shenzhen visa to visit here.
07:01So it will really depend on the embassy that will grant their Shenzhen visa when they will be able to visit here in The Hague.
07:09But what the former president is saying to his son, the vice president, is that he has already returned to the Philippines
07:17because he needs to fulfill his responsibilities as vice president.
07:22But what Vice President Sara Duterte is saying to us,
07:25this is what Attorney Harry Roque told us,
07:27is that he will not leave until there is no next of kin that will leave him here.
07:32So they are also waiting for their Shenzhen visa to arrive here in The Hague.
07:38His brothers and other members of the Duterte family.
07:42And regarding your question if they will be able to get their daily pass,
07:47well, of course, they will apply for it.
07:49And because they are immediate family,
07:52there is a high possibility that they will be granted a daily pass so that they can also visit
07:58and maximize their time here in The Hague to be with their father.
08:04Maris, you mentioned that the former president's camp will be held.
08:07When will his legal team be finalized?
08:13That is what we are still waiting for, Ivan.
08:16Because what Attorney Harry Roque told us when we talked to him this morning,
08:20they will be held today.
08:23But when we called him again to ask for confirmation regarding this legal team,
08:31he said that he will not comment on it.
08:34He wants it to be finalized first.
08:38And as a form of respect and courtesy to his fellow members,
08:43he wants it to be completed first before he can give his statement to the media.
08:49Ivan?
08:50Maris, just for our viewers, it is almost midnight there.
08:55What is the temperature there? It seems like you are very cold.
09:01Yes, it is very cold.
09:02Actually, it is 6 degrees Celsius, but it feels like 4 degrees.
09:07The temperature here is very cold.
09:12You know, we are a bit cold.
09:15Even in the air-conditioned studio, we are very cold.
09:18What more?
09:19But we can handle it.
09:20Stay warm.
09:21Thank you very much.
09:22Take care.
09:23Maris Zumali live from The Hague in the Netherlands.
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