00:00The children of the victims of the drug war are hoping that their complaint against the former President Duterte will be heard
00:06by his or her representatives in the Senate.
00:09But can the former President be held accountable under the law?
00:13This is the answer and explanation of their experts in the report of Joseph Moro.
00:19What I am clarifying is that you said earlier that you encouraged the PNP to encourage the suspect to fight
00:28so that they can be killed, so that they can say that they fought.
00:31Yes, correct.
00:32The former President Rodrigo Duterte said this in the Senate
00:35that the two children of the victims of the drug war should be held accountable here in the country.
00:42That is why he and the National Union of People's Lawyers are helping the families of the victims of the drug war
00:47to have more trust in the International Criminal Court or ICC.
00:51How can the investigation be effective
00:54if an ordinary policeman pulls the trigger, the cases will not prosper?
01:00We are urging the ICC to investigate the victims.
01:10Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who was one of the advocates of Duterte in the ICC,
01:15was brought to the tribunal the transcripts of the hearing in the Senate and the quadcom in the Chamber
01:20that can be used in the investigation.
01:22The former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo delayed the hearing.
01:26The allegations that were brought to the committee are either hearsay or lies or propaganda.
01:36None of those are true.
01:37Panelo added that the Philippines is not under the control of the ICC that left the Rome Statute in March 2019.
01:44The ICC told GMA Integrated News that they will monitor the events in the Philippines
01:51based on their own investigation, which they gathered from many sources.
01:56According to Atty. Michael Chu of UP College of Law,
01:59the President's statements must be based on a specific victim.
02:04But the President's statements can be used to violate the R.A. 9851,
02:09our law against genocide and crimes against humanity.
02:13You just need to show that there is an attack against a civilian population.
02:17So there is willful killing, extermination.
02:19It can also be fired.
02:20For the former President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines,
02:23the PNP knows who the killers are, right?
02:26The PNP knows the truth about their record,
02:30if it's a legitimate non-fighting or just a rob-out.
02:35The PNP Chief Rommel Francisco Marbil ordered to investigate
02:39the first murder cases of the death squad for the group.
02:43Joseph Morong reporting for GMA Integrated News.
02:47For more information visit www.gma.gov
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