00:00A potentially long, drawn-out, seven-year trial on a crimes-against-humanity charge
00:05brought long faces to Solon's from the more militant Partylist groups, while a sitting
00:10senator and staunch ally of the beleaguered former president says the ICC taking custody
00:15of his former boss felt like a stab on the back.
00:19Our Melendez Moras on the insights of how Solon's on Duterte's arrest and hand over
00:23to the ICC yesterday.
00:28Now that former President Rodrigo Duterte is in The Hague, Netherlands to face his case
00:33on alleged crimes against humanity, some lawmakers believe that he will be given due process
00:38even though thousands of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings under his war on drugs
00:43did not receive the same treatment.
00:45According to House Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro, Duterte's trial is expected
00:50to take a long time, but in the end, she hopes that truth and justice will prevail.
00:54In a statement, Senator Ronald Bato de la Rosa said he felt betrayal to the max over
01:20the current turn of events.
01:22However, House Assistant Majority Leaders Jay Conghun and Ernest Dionisio disagreed,
01:27arguing that the administration was simply fulfilling its duty.
01:31They were merely doing their duty, our duty as Interpol because we have a standing relationship
01:39with Interpol.
01:40That's one of the reasons why Alice Guo was arrested.
01:44So our country and our president maintain our relationship with Interpol.
01:50I don't know where Senator Bato came from, but he needs to face the case.
02:00We are a country that governs by certain rules.
02:04We need to face the cases that are filed against us, and no one is exempted from that.
02:11On March 28, former President Duterte will celebrate his 80th birthday, and lawmakers
02:16had these wishes for him.
02:18To our former president, I hope you will be strong, be healthy so that you can face your
02:25case.
02:26Give him strength so that he can face the problems that he is facing right now.
02:35Be strong in your body, and prayers, give him the right guidance of the Lord so that
02:44the truth will prevail.
02:45Malalas Moras from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
