00:00Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque accepted the decision of Vice President Sara Duterte
00:05to not include her in the legal team of the former President Duterte.
00:09But Roque insisted that she will not be forced to return to the Philippines
00:13until the Netherlands is not yet implementing her application for an asylum there.
00:19Marie Zumali is returning.
00:25We don't want complications.
00:27We want him to focus on his asylum.
00:31And then we want our lawyers to focus on the case.
00:34That's what Vice President Sara Duterte said
00:37when she explained why she will not be included in the defense team
00:40of the International Criminal Court of her,
00:42among the former President Rodrigo Duterte,
00:44the former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
00:47In her Facebook Live, Roque answered this.
00:50I will not force myself.
00:52And if I am requested by PRRD,
00:55it is also important that I am endorsed and requested by VP Sara.
01:00Even if I am chosen by President Duterte,
01:02if VP Sara doesn't want me and VP Sara wants someone else to represent,
01:06ma'am, that's your call.
01:09Roque said that she will follow whatever the Vice President says.
01:13Because you know the story of my life, right?
01:17I am really a follower of VP Sara.
01:20I will follow what VP Sara says.
01:23And that's true.
01:28As you can see, I followed her on Uniteam.
01:30What happened?
01:32GMA Integrated News is still trying to get the role of Vice President
01:36from what Roque said.
01:38For now, Roque said that she will now deny her asylum request
01:42in the Netherlands because she has political persecution in the Philippines.
01:46But even if the application is approved by Roque,
01:48she cannot be arrested or forced to return to the Philippines.
01:52She will not get me until the Dutch authorities approve my application.
01:59That is what is called non-reforma.
02:02Roque is facing a serious complaint of Qualified Human Trafficking
02:06by Lucky South 99 Pogo in Porak, Pampanga.
02:10Again, Malacanang insisted that Roque should just go home
02:14because she is not part of the legal team of Duterte.
02:17It is better for her to go home first.
02:19And she should prove that she is innocent.
02:23She admitted it herself.
02:25The stories, the documents that she said in the Quad Committee,
02:31it is better for her to present it.
02:34So that she can prove that she is clean.
02:36Malacanang will support in the Justice Department
02:39the possible next step for Roque to go home.
02:42From The Hague, Netherlands, for GMA Integrated News, Maris Umali for 24 Hours.
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