00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that his drug war is considered a crime against humanity
00:06according to some members of the House Quad Committee.
00:09One of the victims' lawyers even said that the statements made by Tina Panganiban-Perez
00:15are admissible or can be accepted by the International Criminal Court.
00:22For all of its successes and shortcomings,
00:28I, and I alone, take full legal responsibility.
00:38I will be the one to answer and I will be the one to be jailed, not the police who followed my orders.
00:45Due to the statement of former President Rodrigo Duterte,
00:49a co-chair of the House Quad Committee said that the ball is now in the Department of Justice and other agencies to investigate.
00:57These cases could include crimes against humanity as penalized under Republic Act No. 9851,
01:04the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law,
01:10genocide, and other crimes against humanity,
01:14and other criminal laws, not to mention the potential jurisdiction of the ICC.
01:19If the DOJ decides that we can turn over the documents, we will do it.
01:24ACT Teacher's Partylist Representative Franz Castro called for the Senate to submit an affidavit
01:30and a recording of what was heard yesterday in the International Criminal Court.
01:34He said that it is difficult for justice to pass, especially if the accused is a former president.
01:41According to one of the lawyers of the victims of the war on drugs who went to the ICC,
01:46the statements of Duterte in the Senate are admissible or can be accepted by the ICC.
01:52There are only two questions there. Is it relevant? Is it material?
01:56Is it relevant or is it related to the investigation in the ICC?
02:03Yes. As for the war on drugs of Duterte, is it material? Is it important to face the ICC?
02:11Yes. Because these are the things he said.
02:14But some co-chairs of the Quad Committee said that it is better if the courts in the Philippines are in charge of the case.
02:21I have always been true to my statement since we started the EJK hearings
02:31that I'm not going to allow the ICC to get our documents for that.
02:37It's better for him to be prosecuted domestically.
02:45For example, the DOJ said that there is prima facie evidence that he should be prosecuted
02:54and that the court should be in charge of this.
02:56The ICC will not let him get away with it.
02:58I'm not a fan of the ICC ever since I spoke to him.
03:02But of course, the international community is really watching.
03:06Now, if the DOJ fails in doing their job on this matter,
03:11then the more the ICC will take cognizance.
03:15So I think it's really up to the DOJ to do their work.
03:19We are taking the statement of the Department of Justice about this.
03:23For the GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatotok, 24 Hours.
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