00:00Following the statement of former President Rodrigo Duterte that he has a death squad,
00:06should he be punished by the law and is it possible?
00:11The explanation of some legal experts and the answer of his former presidential spokesperson in the testimony of Joseph Moro.
00:22In the face of former President Rodrigo Duterte in the Senate,
00:27following the bloody drug war of his administration,
00:30he accused the head of the death squad of the Mayor of Davao City.
00:33I can make the confession now, if you want.
00:38First, what really happened is that I have a death squad.
00:47Aside from that, he admitted that he asked the police to bring the suspects to fight when they were killed.
00:53Earlier, you said that you encouraged the PNP to encourage the suspects to fight to be killed, to say that it's a fight.
01:04Correct.
01:06After this, there are those who are planning to file a criminal case against the former president.
01:11According to Atty. Michael Chu of the UP College of Law and the head of the International Criminal Law Program,
01:17the statements of the president are not enough evidence.
01:21There needs to be a specific victim that can be linked to his statement.
01:26He can be murdered. If you can find a victim, a body, and you can link that body to that death squad,
01:35and you can link the death squad to the former president and you can prove that he in fact constituted a death squad,
01:45then yes. But you need to show many things.
01:50But the former Integrated Bar of the Philippines president, Domingo Cayoza, said that the PNP is the suspect here.
01:56If the lieutenant will say that it's the captain's order, the captain will listen to the general.
02:04The general will say that it came from the president and it reached him. You have to connect it to particular killings.
02:10It's not that difficult because the PNP knows who the killers are, right?
02:18The PNP knows, in their record, if it's a legitimate non-fighting or just a rob-out.
02:26It's possible if they want to.
02:28Another issue is that the details of what Duterte said are not enough, just like the so-called death squad.
02:34Who are the seven members of your death squad?
02:38To fight crime. They all look like murderers ma'am.
02:41It's okay sir. What are their names?
02:44You know, when I was mayor, I was about 43. I am now 73.
02:51For the life of me, I cannot remember the name.
02:57It means that more than 30 years have passed since the prescription period for murder cases.
03:04For example, the prescription period for filing a case in court.
03:09But according to Attorney Chu,
03:12it's only 20 years.
03:24It's still murder, but it's not a murder offense.
03:26The crime is crimes against humanity.
03:29If Duterte will recover what he said, he might be charged with perjury
03:34because of what he said was done under oath or he was lied to.
03:38It means he lied under oath.
03:40So that's a different case, perjury.
03:42He made an oath.
03:44So he shouldn't be joking in a Senate hearing.
03:49If it's a press conference, it's possible that there's still a chance.
03:52But according to the former spokesperson of the President of the United States, Atty. Salvador Panelo,
03:57the President did not admit anything.
03:59You just look at what he said.
04:01I have a death squad.
04:03There's an admission.
04:05No, listen to what he's saying.
04:07The criminals are killing each other.
04:09So in that sense, he has a death squad.
04:13Because instead of the police killing them, they are killing each other.
04:17If you have a death squad, that's my death squad.
04:21Seven members.
04:23Negotiate.
04:25That is not my creation.
04:27It's all of them fighting each other.
04:35Even assuming that to be true, it's not a crime.
04:37Okay.
04:39Why did you become a criminal?
04:41I'll tell you.
04:43Okay, shoot me so I can kill you.
04:45It's not a crime?
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