00:00It can be used as evidence in the International Criminal Court,
00:03according to former President Duterte in the Senate yesterday,
00:06according to the lawyers of the victims of the War on Drugs.
00:09Yet, Senate President Cheese Escudero said that it is under oath,
00:14so it can be used against him.
00:16Sandra Aguinaldo has the report.
00:18On my right side, all of them are commanders of the death squad.
00:29Because they were police directors handling the controlling crimes in the city.
00:43So if you say death squad, it's a very loose term.
00:49I think he's just joking.
00:51If Senate President Cheese Escudero will ask,
00:54it should not be taken as a joke
00:56the statements of former President Duterte in the hearing yesterday of the Blue Ribbon Committee.
01:02All of the words he said yesterday are under oath,
01:06and he said that it is the truth.
01:09Up to his knowledge, it can be used in favor or against him.
01:16Aside from the presence of death squad,
01:18Duterte also said that he ordered the police to arrest the criminals who fought.
01:28Senator Riza Ontiveros said,
01:30I hope the Department of Justice and the International Criminal Court or ICC will review Duterte's confession.
01:39Duterte should first answer the law of man before the punishment of hell
01:45because he promised the responsibility for bloody war on drugs.
01:50Some of the relatives of those who were killed in the drug war
01:53are already discussing the possible legal step.
01:55Here are the following statements of Duterte.
01:57Maybe the Department of Justice or the NBI can look into it and give the responsibility to the families.
02:06One of the lawyers said that the victims who fell in the International Criminal Court are admissible
02:13or the ICC can accept what Duterte said.
02:17There are only two questions there.
02:18Is it relevant? Is it material?
02:21Is it relevant? Is it related to the investigation in the ICC?
02:28Yes.
02:29As for the war on drugs of Duterte, is it material?
02:32Is it important to face the ICC?
02:36Yes.
02:37Because this is what he said.
02:39According to some members of the Quad Committee of the Camera,
02:42Duterte's statements can be considered as crimes against humanity.
02:46But it is better if the Philippine court will handle the case.
02:50If the DOJ says that there is prima facie evidence that Duterte should be prosecuted
02:57and the court will charge him,
02:59the ICC will not call him because there is a so-called proper judgment by our country.
03:08I am not in favor of the ICC.
03:10Now, if the DOJ fails in doing their job on this matter,
03:15then the more the ICC will take cognizance.
03:19So I think it's really up to the DOJ to do their work.
03:23We are trying to get permission from the Department of Justice on this matter.
03:27Sandra Aguinaldo reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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