00:00President Bongbong Marcos denied that he was not in the position of filing a complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte in the International Criminal Court.
00:11The government did not help the ICC and just followed its obligation to Interpol.
00:17Ivan Mayrina was on the scene.
00:23After a few minutes, the airplane of former President Rodrigo Duterte took off last night.
00:28President Bongbong Marcos was also on the scene for a formal announcement.
00:31He took off at 11.30pm from Ilipansi, Duterte.
00:35That's more than 12 hours after he was arrested in Naiya, a province in Hong Kong.
00:40The plane is en route to The Hague in the Netherlands,
00:44allowing the former President to face charges of crimes against humanity in relation to his bloody war on drugs.
00:55The warrant of the International Criminal Court of the ICC was filed on March 7 or Friday.
01:00But according to the President, he received a copy at 3 am yesterday from Interior and Local Government Secretary John Vicremulia.
01:07That was the only time they agreed on the plan to serve the warrant, even if the news about this is just a week old.
01:14Marcos denied the case and denied the right of the former President to be arrested.
01:19We followed every single necessary procedure.
01:24We had a very good basis on which to serve that warrant and to read him his rights.
01:33I'm confident that if in further examination, you will find that it is proper and correct.
01:42The President also clarified that Duterte's arrest is a violation of the obligation of the Philippines to the International Police or Interpol.
01:48And his previous statements are just like this.
01:50Let me say this for the 100th time.
01:54I do not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC in the Philippines.
02:00I do not consider it as a threat to our sovereignty.
02:07He did not change because...
02:09We are consistent. We are not helping in the investigation of the ICC.
02:14The arrest that we did today was in compliance with our commitments to Interpol.
02:23It just so happened that that came from ICC.
02:28But it's not because it came from ICC, it's because it came from Interpol.
02:33He mentioned that we need to help because we are also helping Interpol,
02:38like arresting Alice Goh and Arnie Tevez abroad and rescuing our fellow countrymen.
02:43Including the human trafficking in Myanmar, including the many...
02:49In a separate statement and interview, Vice President Sara Duterte said that this is a persecution of the administration
02:56and it has something to do with the 2028 elections.
03:00Meanwhile, the President sent a message to the supporters of former President Duterte,
03:04who are calling for people power.
03:06Politics doesn't enter into it.
03:08Why? He's never going to be a candidate for anything. Why go after him?
03:17Right? And this is 2017. I'm not even there yet. I was a civilian back then.
03:22According to Palacio, the re-entry of the Philippines to the ICC is not yet discussed.
03:27For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Mayrena, Katutok, 24 hours.
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