00:00CIDG Director-Police Major General Nicolás Torre III has pleaded not guilty in filing a case against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:10This is in line with the former president's statement that incumbent senators should be killed.
00:17The center of the news is with Bryan Lesigas.
00:21CIDG Director-Police Major General Nicolás Torre III has pleaded not guilty in filing a case against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:33Torre did this as a Filipino, a police officer, and has no political affiliation.
00:39Yesterday, Torre formally filed a case against Duterte in the Department of Justice for inciting sedition and unlawful utterance.
00:47This is in line with his statement that incumbent senators should be killed.
00:51We saw that the element of violating the law is in what he said and in what he did.
00:59The official explained that it is not good to use words that are usually said to be a joke.
01:05This can be taken seriously by supporters of the former president, like his declaration in the War on Drugs.
01:13That is why we will not be taken seriously by other countries and other people if our policy is like that,
01:18that they have normalized violence and there is no law. That is not allowed.
01:23CIDG did not allow the public to respect the legal process in order to avoid speculation that it could be the cause of violence.
01:33CIDG emphasized transparency and impartiality in handling complaints.
01:38As you know, the law applies to all equally. It's up to them if they still want to do those things.
01:48They saw that the law is violated. We are saying that the law is violated. That should not be done.
01:54Torre insisted that he will stand until the end of his case against the former president.
02:01Yes, of course. We are not like them who are forced to answer a joke only.
02:07I signed this and I put my professional career here.
02:17From here in Campo Crame, Ryan Lisigues for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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