00:00Along with the left-right issue and questioning of the legality of the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte,
00:06Father Angelio Aquino, Dean of San Beto Graduate School of Law, gave the legal basis for this.
00:13In the program Mike Abelive, Aquino explained the two legal basis of the arrest of former President Duterte.
00:21First is the membership of the country in Rome State Supreme Court in 2011,
00:25where it was stated in Article 127 that even if the Philippines withdrew from membership,
00:32it still has an obligation to do and will continue to do so in the processes that are included in the cases
00:39where there is a jurisdiction or power to judge it.
00:42Second is what is under Republic Act 9851 or Article 17,
00:48where it is allowed for the government to investigate and prosecute in favor of the International Tribunal.
00:57According to Aquino, this is not seen as politics or propaganda
01:02because this is a legal matter where former President Rodrigo Duterte should answer the accusations against him
01:09related to the bloody war on drugs of his administration.
01:15I also want to advise the public,
01:18that it's okay for everyone to express their feelings,
01:29but the moment they cross the line and they call for the overthrow of the government,
01:36then it becomes sedition and it becomes criminal.
