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00:00The former President Rodrigo Duterte's defense team is still being formed for the litigation of the International Criminal Court.
00:14According to the Liberal Counsel, Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, they need a Filipino lawyer.
00:19Live from The Hague, we have the first news with us, Maris Umali. Maris?
00:25Susan, how will you fight and overcome the complaint of Crimes Against Humanity that the former President Rodrigo Duterte is facing in the International Criminal Court?
00:37The former President and his Lead Counsel, Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, talked about this when he visited the former President in the Scriven and Gantt Prison earlier this afternoon.
00:50Even though the all-foreign defense team is being formed under the defense of the former President Rodrigo Duterte in the ICC,
00:59the legal team of Duterte, according to his Lead Counsel, Atty. Kaufman, may still need the help of a Filipino lawyer in the case of Duterte in the ICC.
01:12There is an essential element of any case of the International Criminal Court that there is a need for foreign lawyers.
01:22So there will definitely be involvement of Filipino lawyers. I need them.
01:26The Atty. Harry Roque would like to ask a question.
01:29When he was asked if it is still possible for the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Atty. Harry Roque to be included in the defense team,
01:38Atty. Kaufman did not answer this question.
01:43I'm not commenting on the name of the council, okay, in any way whatsoever.
01:48And that doesn't mean that I'm approving or disapproving of any nomination or any name that you're mentioning.
01:55The announcement will be made in due course.
01:58There's still a possibility.
02:23Everybody saw what happened to him when he returned to the Philippines.
02:27He was put onto a plane and thrown over here.
02:31So you will be filing for interim release?
02:35I'm not going to divulge defense strategy.
02:44He did not mention the details of their petitions.
02:48However, Kaufman said that one of the ways to arrest the former President was based on evidence.
02:55The former President also sent a message to the Filipinos.
03:05All I want to say at the present moment in time is that he sends all his well-wishers and supporters the very best.
03:10As an accused in a murder case, as a crime against humanity,
03:15the former President Duterte has the right to know what he is being charged with.
03:20And the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC will provide the defense team with testimonies of witnesses and other evidence.
03:33Susan?
03:34Thank you very much, Maryse Umali.
03:37Thank you very much, Maryse Umali.