00:00The Writ of Habeas Corpus, a petition that was submitted by the brothers Paolo, Veronica and Sebastian Duterte,
00:08to the Supreme Court for the former President Rodrigo Duterte, according to the Department of Justice.
00:14In the D.O.J.'s Consolidated Compliance in the High Court, they said that the petition is invalid
00:21because the former president is not in their custody.
00:25The agency also insisted that the petition has no merit because the Writ of Habeas Corpus
00:30is only for those who are imprisoned or arrested and not for those who have gone through the judicial process.
00:38The D.O.J. also added that the transfer of the former president to the High Court is in accordance with the law.
00:44As stated in Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9851 or the Philippine Law on Crimes
00:52against the International Humanitarian Law, the government may not investigate
00:58if an international tribunal has already filed a case against an individual.
01:03The Philippines may also extradite an accused or a suspect in the case.
01:08After the D.O.J. submitted the petition to the Supreme Court,
01:12a special session of judgment was held and a decision was made
01:16that the Duterte's camp will be given five days to appeal the D.O.J.'s answer.
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