00:00 Former President Rodrigo Duterte refused to admit that the investigation of the ICC in the Duterte Drug War
00:07 was related to the visit of the former president to China.
00:10 That is the joint force that Salima Refran and Marie Zumalit are targeting.
00:14 Even if the Philippines allowed the International Criminal Court or ICC to investigate the President's order,
00:24 the government will target the investigation and prosecution if there is an abuse in the Duterte Drug War.
00:30 If the police is being complained, they can approach the Justice Department, NBI or the Public Attorney's Office.
00:37 The Witness Protection Program, why are you going outside our country to complain?
00:45 Despite the complaint, the ICC has no jurisdiction in the country
00:49 because in 2019, the Philippines left the Rome Statute that it established.
00:54 But the International Organization of Human Rights Watch reminded the Supreme Court's decision in 2021
01:01 that the country should help in any criminal proceedings that were conducted by the ICC
01:07 before the Philippines left the Rome Statute.
01:10 It is also included in the Rome Statute that the Philippines passed.
01:15 In Article 127 of the Rome Statute, the Philippines still has a responsibility
01:20 to help in the investigation of the ICC even if we are no longer a member of the ICC.
01:25 It is hoped that the Philippines will reconsider its disengagement from the ICC
01:30 because the international community in the country is affected.
01:34 The European Parliament, for example, passed a resolution to encourage the Philippines to return to the Rome Statute.
01:42 A committee of the European Parliament, the Human Rights Committee,
01:46 also reminded the Philippines to give the European Union the GSP+ status,
01:50 the privilege to export to EU member countries with low or no tariffs.
01:56 This year, the GSP+ status of the Philippines is expected to expire.
02:01 The Philippines should follow the EU's rules to reduce the taxes that will be collected from the export of the Philippines.
02:08 The government should see that this will not only affect the assistance,
02:14 but it will also affect the country and the business.
02:18 The Justice Secretary said that the government's ears are still open to the ICC
02:23 even if the Philippines ended its involvement in the aforementioned court.
02:28 The principle of comity among nations.
02:31 We don't want to be a burden and a bad influence to other nations.
02:38 We should talk to each other.
02:39 But when you enter, you are not accepted.
02:41 The ICC has no individual name,
02:44 but the Justice Department first gave an order to the former President Rodrigo Duterte,
02:48 who ordered the drug war,
02:50 and to the former TNP chief, and now senator, Bato de la Rosa.
02:54 He said that the countries with ties to the ICC should not go first.
02:58 China is not one of those countries where the former President went to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
03:06 Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio thought that this could be related to the latest decision of the International Criminal Court.
03:14 Because of the looming warrant of arrest issued by the ICC,
03:18 he might be looking for a place of refuge because China is not a member of the ICC.
03:25 He might just want to be protected by China.
03:30 Because he may not be confident that he will always be protected by the Philippine government.
03:36 The unanimous decision of the Supreme Court that we are still tied to our obligations to the International Criminal Court
03:44 means that we still need to assist in their investigation,
03:47 particularly in the violations of human rights that happened when we were still members,
03:52 or before we went to Rome Statute, which has a jurisdiction in the ICC.
03:57 Even so...
03:58 Well, of course, at the end of the day, it depends on the executive whether to execute that warrant of arrest.
04:04 But other countries can, if he goes to these countries...
04:08 It is possible that China has its own motive in inviting Duterte.
04:13 It's clear that the Chinese are trying to drive a wedge among Filipinos.
04:18 That has no basis according to the existing legal counsel of Duterte.
04:22 It's a lie because the Philippines is not a member of the ICC.
04:27 The President and the Justice Secretary said that we will not cooperate with the ICC.
04:33 So, the President Duterte does not need to look for a place of refuge.
04:38 We asked the Chinese embassy to declare what Carpio said.
04:42 But Beijing said that the Philippines and China are trying to improve their relationship.
04:48 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Maris Umaliming.
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