00:00I don't want to pre-empt what will happen to me if they do that, if I don't vote to ratify.
00:16Again, under our Constitution, the President is the chief architect of foreign policy.
00:23That's why the Senate did not have a say with respect to the withdrawal of former President Duterte in the ICC.
00:32There was a case that if the Senate has a role in ratifying, the Senate should also have a role in withdrawing.
00:42The Senate cannot have no say.
00:44According to the Supreme Court, the Senate has no say because the President is the chief architect of foreign policy.
00:52So if we go back, that will also be my answer. According to the court's decision, if we withdraw, it is also the President's decision to go back.
01:02But if they decide to rejoin the ICC, the same process will also be ratified?
01:07That's how it should be.
01:09That's how it should be. It will start from the beginning. They will submit to us and we will ratify it.
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