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00:00The International Criminal Court is now in session.
00:03Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
00:15Former President Rodrigo Duterte has already set up camp
00:18to decide who will be on his defense team
00:21in the case of Crimes Against Humanity
00:23in the International Criminal Court.
00:25Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said
00:28the former President's son, Vice President Sara Duterte,
00:31will not be on the defense team.
00:33He said he was only there as an immediate family.
00:36And from The Hague in the Netherlands,
00:39this is the news brought to you by Maris O'Malley.
00:45I am Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
00:50After the first trial in the pre-trial chamber
00:53of the International Criminal Court,
00:55he will wait another six months
00:56for the confirmation of charges hearing
00:59of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
01:01When former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea
01:06first became a lawyer in the ICC,
01:08but after Medialdea visited the former President
01:11in the Schieveningen Prison,
01:13he signed the British-Israeli lawyer
01:15who was already with Nicholas Kauffman,
01:17the confirmed signature of Duterte
01:19for him to become a lawyer in the ICC.
01:22Attorney Roque clarified
01:23that Vice President Sara Duterte
01:26will not be part of Duterte's defense team
01:28and that he was only there as a next of kin
01:31or immediate family.
01:32Because of our legal system,
01:34there is a prohibition on practicing profession.
01:37The former President's condition is fine
01:39according to former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.
01:42He's okay. He's in very high spirits.
01:44He's just been able to catch up on some sleep.
01:48How long was your visit?
01:50Maybe, effectively, just an hour.
01:53Because there are a lot of protocols when visiting,
01:55but we're following their process.
01:58Attorney Roque said
01:59that he already talked to Attorney Kauffman,
02:01who was one of the people they named in the ICC
02:04to become Duterte's lead counsel.
02:06The former President's camp also helped
02:09to get a single-file vote for his defense team,
02:11but it still depends on the former President.
02:14They want to get rid of the complaint
02:16of Crimes Against Humanity
02:18before the hearing on September 23.
02:21In the confirmation hearing,
02:22we will know if there is enough evidence to correct him.
02:25In the questions of whether the ICC can decide
02:28on the petitions of the defense team before this,
02:31the ICC spokesman said that the judges will decide on this.
02:35They cannot speculate
02:36because there are many issues that the judges will decide on.
02:39While waiting, Duterte will still remain
02:41in the ICC Detention Facility
02:43in the Scheveningen Prison in the Netherlands.
02:46According to the website of the International Criminal Court,
02:49as an e-court,
02:50the detainee has his own computer in his cell
02:53and can undergo computer training.
02:54His computer is linked to the court of the ICC.
02:58Aside from the detainee,
02:59his defense team also has access to his computer.
03:02They can upload materials here
03:04to be read by the prisoner.
03:06This is not monitored by the detention center staff
03:08for the privacy of the detainee and his defense team.
03:12When Duterte faced the ICC on Friday,
03:14his camp was intimidated
03:16by the President's arrest and imprisonment.
03:20It was a pure and simple kidnapping.
03:24My client was denied all access to the legal recourse
03:29in the country of his citizenship
03:32and this, all in the nature of political score settling.
03:37Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said
03:41that even if the arrest came out as illegal,
03:43it will not affect the ICC's jurisdiction
03:46in the case of the former President.
03:48The ICC has nothing to do with the illegal arrest
03:52that was done by the surrendering state.
03:54So that has been the rule in many cases already.
03:59When you are delivered to the tribunal,
04:02even if you are illegally arrested,
04:05the tribunal will not inquire how you were arrested.
04:09As long as you are there,
04:10they will assume jurisdiction and try you.
04:15In the question of whether Duterte can avoid prosecution,
04:18it's very difficult for Duterte to get out of that
04:21because these are insider people.
04:25They have personal knowledge.
04:26They were the ones who did the killing for him.
04:29So how can he rebut that?
04:31From The Hague, The Netherlands,
04:33Maris Umali reporting for GMI Integrated News.
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