00:00I am Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
00:10The camp of former President Rodrigo Duterte will do everything to bring him back to the country.
00:17But if Vice President Sara Duterte will not do it, it is in the legal way only.
00:23This includes the approval of the petition for the interim release of the former President.
00:29From the heart of the Netherlands, live, Maris Umali. Maris?
00:38Mel, Vice President Sara Duterte and Lead Counsel Atty. Nicholas Kaufman said
00:43their focus now is to free and bring back to the country the former President Rodrigo Duterte as soon as possible.
00:50Why not? That's his country. That's where he was born. Why should he not go back?
00:59I mean, as far as I'm concerned, he's been illegally detained here and he should go back to the Philippines as soon as possible.
01:05That's the comment of Atty. Nicholas Kaufman on what Vice President Sara Duterte said
01:10that they will do everything to bring back the former President to the Philippines.
01:14Former President Duterte is running for Mayor of Davao City.
01:18I also want to demand that our Mayor works for the citizens.
01:25Vice President Duterte said that they will do everything to make this happen.
01:28If we don't think about it, the people of Davao, how we can bring our Mayor there, nothing will really happen.
01:35So we exhaust all means possible, whether it is written in law or it is not written in law, except anything illegal.
01:46The revolution is out of the question.
01:48Atty. Kaufman was disappointed with the details, especially with the dismissal of the defense team.
01:52But he said that part of their plan is to file a petition for interim release.
01:57Interim release is par for the course of this institution.
02:00In nearly every case, an application for interim release is submitted.
02:05I'll file it when I feel it appropriate.
02:07Vice President Sara mentioned yesterday that they are studying for legal aid from the ICC.
02:13Kaufman said that the ICC Office of the Public Counsel does not need assistance or service for the defense.
02:19There's no need for the OPCD, I think that's the unit you're referring to.
02:23They're a very important unit at this court, but they provide logistic assistance, administrative assistance,
02:29but they don't provide substantive assistance to any team at the court, whether it be legally aided or privately funded.
02:34People love the former President, and I'm sure that they would pay out of their own pockets in order to ensure that he has the proper defense.
02:44Mel, Vice President Sara also said that her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, will also arrive here in The Hague
02:52to visit the former President.
02:54Her siblings also filed their visas to fly here to The Hague for their father's 80th birthday,
03:02former President Rodrigo Duterte, on March 28.
03:05And that's the latest news from The Hague, Netherlands.
03:08Back to you, Mel.
03:09Thank you very much, Maris.
03:11We'll hear from Maris in a moment.
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