00:00The government will not block the will of former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:06to make the ICC investigate his drug war
00:10according to President Bongbong Marcos.
00:13But he will not help the ICC either.
00:17Now, the government will proceed if the Interpol has a request.
00:22This is Ivan Mayrina.
00:24I'm asking the ICC to hurry up.
00:31And if possible, they can come here and start the investigation tomorrow.
00:39Because it came from former President Rodrigo Duterte,
00:43the government will not block the will of former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:46to make the ICC investigate his drug war
00:49according to President Bongbong Marcos.
00:51If that's what PRRD wants,
00:55we will not block the will of the ICC.
00:59We will not help.
01:00But if he agrees to talk to the ICC,
01:07it's up to him.
01:09We have no decision there.
01:11The Justice Department said,
01:13even if the Philippines leaves the ICC,
01:16we are still a member of the Interpol.
01:18So if the ICC passes a request to the Interpol,
01:21we are obligated to support it.
01:23Even if it's the Philippines,
01:25they are asking the Interpol to issue a red notice against a person,
01:28just like the case of Negros Oriental Congressman Arnulfo Tevez.
01:31But the President said,
01:33the ICC is still talking about something else.
01:36We have obligations to Interpol.
01:39And we have to live up to those obligations.
01:43Interpol?
01:44We'll see.
01:46We'll see.
01:47We'll see how far it goes.
01:49We'll see what the ICC does.
01:51Duterte used to question the jurisdiction of the ICC,
01:54something he repeated last night.
01:56The problem is, there is no jurisdiction.
02:00Give me a jurisdiction first before anything else.
02:04Before you move, give me a jurisdiction first.
02:08Do they have a jurisdiction?
02:10According to an ICC assistant to counsel, there is a jurisdiction.
02:14But the cooperation of the government is important.
02:16The ICC has a jurisdiction,
02:18and the investigation can continue.
02:21What's lacking is the cooperation of the Philippines,
02:24and, well, essentially, of the accused.
02:27But aside from the ICC,
02:28the PNP and the Justice Department themselves are already pointing
02:31to Duterte's confession of murder,
02:33planting evidence,
02:35and giving evidence to the police for the murder.
02:38Despite the accusation,
02:39it is still unclear who will be held accountable for the extrajudicial killings.
02:43According to Duterte Draguar,
02:44the victims of the killings have a guilty conscience.
02:48We are the ones who died,
02:49but it seems like there is no excuse for the blame.
02:53There is no...
02:56There is a little bit of remorse in life that is gone.
03:00And he keeps saying that he is angry with the criminal,
03:03that's why he will kill him.
03:04My husband is not a criminal.
03:06All of the testimony that was given yesterday
03:12really will be taken in and will be assessed
03:16to see what, in legal terms,
03:19what is the real meaning
03:22and consequence of some of the statements made by PRRD.
03:28Now, that will result in a case being filed here in the Philippines.
03:33We will just have to see.
03:34The DOJ will have to make that assessment.
03:37How significant is that, sir?
03:38Based on your pronounciations,
03:40how significant is that?
03:41Very significant.
03:42According to the ICC,
03:44an investigation is underway by the Office of the Prosecutor
03:47on the crimes that took place in the Philippines
03:48during the War on Drugs
03:50between November 2011 and March 2019.
03:53They are investigating the events in the Philippines
03:55and are investigating if there is any connection to their investigation.
03:59For GMA Integrated News,
04:01Ivan Mejrina reporting for 24 Hours.
04:07.
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