00:00The task force of the Department of Justice has already started the case build-up
00:05related to the killings during the war against drugs of the Duterte administration.
00:11But there is a group of people who are worried
00:13related to the local court's litigation against the former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:18who may be affected by the investigation of the International Criminal Court.
00:25Salima Refran is on the case.
00:30The task force EJK or Extrajudicial Killings of the Department of Justice
00:36has been going on for 60 days for the case build-up of the killings during the war against drugs
00:40of the Duterte administration
00:42along with the investigations of the former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:46according to his statements in the hearing of the House Squad Committee.
00:50Were you the ones who were killed?
00:54Me? A lot.
00:56About 6 or 7.
00:59The task force EJK is the body of the NBI and PNP in the investigation of the evidence
01:04while the task force is also coordinating with the House Squad Committee,
01:08the Senate Committee and the Commission on Human Rights
01:11for the results of their hearings and investigations.
01:15For us to know what can be followed,
01:21what can be investigated,
01:23and if there are cases that can be investigated
01:31in the preliminary investigation
01:33before the prosecution service of the Department of Justice.
01:37According to Justice Secretary Remulia,
01:41Duterte is already looking at a possible confrontation
01:44with RA 9851 or International Humanitarian Law,
01:48Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity.
01:51According to the Commission on Human Rights,
01:53of the three crimes related to RA 9851,
01:56Other Crimes Against Humanity can be used
02:00in the aftermath of the war against drugs.
02:03But the CHR believes that this is not enough to answer these.
02:07The Center for International Law or Center Law,
02:11a Human Rights and Public Interest Advocate Group,
02:14said that only now there is a demand under RA 9851.
02:19But the presence of litigation in the local court against Duterte
02:23related to Crimes Against Humanity
02:25has implications in the investigation
02:28by the International Criminal Court against Duterte in the same complaint.
02:32For the period that we are a member of the ICC,
02:36there will be overlap, there will be duplication.
02:40If there's really going to be a genuine prosecution domestically,
02:47there's a possibility that the ICC will suspend its ongoing investigation.
02:53For that not to happen,
02:55the government can avoid suspending their investigation.
02:59The investigation can also be suspended
03:02by an official of the police who carried out the anti-drug war.
03:06So the ball is in the court of the Marcos administration.
03:10You are being mocked by the former president.
03:13He himself said,
03:15this DOJ has been around for a long time, I still don't have a case.
03:19It's like he's really daring the DOJ.
03:25So I think the DOJ should take on the dare
03:29and investigate and file the proper cases.
03:33For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nima Refrain.
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