00:01The International Criminal Court Prosecution strongly opposes the interim release of Rodrigo
00:05Duterte. The filing was made public Tuesday, June 24. The prosecution says,
00:11The continued detention of Mr. Duterte remains necessary because the constituent conditions
00:15set out are met. The prosecution therefore strongly opposes Mr. Duterte's interim release
00:20to unnamed country. The filing was signed by Deputy Prosecutor Mayman Yain-Yang, taking
00:26the place of Prosecutor Karim Khan, who is on leave. This is contrary to the claim of
00:31Duterte's defense lawyer Nicholas Kaufman that the prosecution is committed not to oppose
00:35the request. Kaufman wrote in the request that, quote, the prosecution has confirmed its non-opposition
00:41to interim release. It turns out the prosecution agreed to an interim release to another country
00:46and not Duterte's chosen country. The prosecution's filing says,
00:51For absolute clarity, the prosecution has not agreed in any way to conditions for interim
00:55release to Duterte's chosen country or anywhere else in the world other than the prosecution's
01:00chosen country. The two countries remain unknown and are redacted in the public versions of the
01:05filing. As for comment, Kaufman told Rappler,
01:09Any statement that I make will be made by way of court filing.
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