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00:00Okay, good day everybody. Your favorite DDS lawyer is back po for another video.
00:06So yung mga nagsa-spam dyan na DDS lawyer ako, kala nyo nahuli nyo na ako ha.
00:11Pero anyway, if you really believe me po, if you really identify and believe that I am a DDS lawyer,
00:17wala naman pong problema dyan.
00:18Because that is your right to free speech and or freedom of expression.
00:22So gusto ko lang po ito i-clarify kasi ang dami pong nagsa-spam or meron po mas dumadami po
00:26lately yung mga nakikita kong comments sa DDS lawyer daw ako.
00:29So again, if you believe I am a DDS lawyer, wala pong problema dyan because that is your right to
00:34free speech and or freedom of expression.
00:36However, counter lang din po ako by also exercising my freedom of speech and or expression by stating that hindi
00:42po ako DDS lawyer, okay?
00:44Rather, I am a Filipino lawyer po because we have to remember all the rights, all the laws that I
00:50am discussing here,
00:51these are all fundamentally, these are all fundamental rights which are constitutionally protected in relation po dun sa Rome statute
00:58natin.
00:59Therefore, yung mga provisions po dito, yung mga batas na din i-discuss ko, this applies to all of us
01:04if you are a Filipino citizen regardless po of your political affiliation, okay?
01:09So again, ulitin ko po, kung ako po tatanong yan, I do not identify myself as a DDS lawyer, rather
01:15I am a Filipino lawyer po, okay?
01:18And idagdag ko na lang din, actually, noong 2016, ito po, aminin ko sa inyo, hindi ko nga po actually
01:22binoto si FPRD noong 2016 eh.
01:25Yung presidente pong binoto ko may letter A po sa pangalan niya, okay?
01:28Pero anyway, medyo lumalayo na po sa topic.
01:31So ngayon, ang papag-usapan po natin is kung ano ba yung mga possible legal consequences kung improperly served yung
01:38warrant of arrest kay FPRD.
01:44So ang pinakatitingnan po natin today is none other but still the Rome Statute pa rin po.
01:50Specifically, Article 59 po ng Rome Statute.
01:53So may kita po kasi natin dito, Article 59, nakalagay po dyan, arrest proceedings in the custodial state.
02:00Okay, so ano po ba ang procedure according sa Rome Statute?
02:03When a person is arrested, he shall be brought promptly before the competent judicial authority.
02:10Okay, so take note po ah, a person pag inaresto, dapat siyang dalhin agad sa competent judicial authority.
02:17Ngayon, ang next question, anong competent judicial authority yung kailangan dalhin yung taong isang arestado?
02:24Nakalagay din po yan dito, which states here, in the custodial state.
02:29Okay, ang ibig sabihin po ng custodial state, yan po yung bansa kung sino yung may custody nung akusado.
02:35Okay, tapos ang next pong gagawin dyan, yung competent judicial authority shall now determine in accordance with the law of
02:42that state kung unang-una, letter A, whether or not the warrant applies to that person.
02:47Okay, pangalawa, letter B, whether the person has been arrested in accordance with the proper process.
02:53Okay, and letter C, whether or not the person's rights have been respected.
02:58Okay, so may kita po natin, Article 59 of the Rome Statute is very clear po.
03:03When a person is arrested, dapat agad siya promptly dalhin sa competent judicial authority of the custodial state.
03:11Tapos yung competent judicial authority na yun or yung mga courts po has to determine kung nasunod ba yung A,
03:17B, and C na binanggit ko.
03:19Okay, so ngayon, ang next po natin kailangan tingnan is ano ba ang nangyari sa pag-arrest or yung proseso
03:24ng pag-arrest kay FPRRD.
03:26Okay, so bago po tayo pumunta dun sa A, B, and C, yung una po talaga natin kailangan i-determine
03:32is whether or not FPRRD was brought promptly to competent judicial authority of the custodial state.
03:41So, I'm assuming, alam nyo naman po siguro yung sagot, di ba?
03:43Andami naman pong videos lumalabas kung ano yung procedure nangyari.
03:46Pero anyway, briefly i-discuss ko kung ano yung personal observations ko po based on all the videos I've seen
03:52and all the news articles I've read yesterday.
03:54So, ang nangyari po si FPRRD, he arrived from Hong Kong.
03:58Tapos pagdating po niya sa Hong Kong, ano ginawa?
04:00Hinuli agad siya dun pa lang sa airport.
04:02Tapos diretso, dinala siya sa Villamore Air Base.
04:04So, ang question dyan, is the Villamore Air Base a competent judicial authority?
04:09Okay, so that is very self-explanatory.
04:11I'm sure a reasonable person would be able to answer that himself.
04:15So, dun pa lang po makikita natin, FPRRD was not brought before a competent judicial authority.
04:20So, from the very foundation of this requirement po, medyo may problema na agad.
04:24Pero anyway, i-discuss pa rin natin yung A, B, and C kung meron bang lapses din dun.
04:29So, sa letter A, based dun sa pinakitang warrant of arrest ni General Torre, nakapangala naman dun, Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
04:36So, it appears that the warrant applies to FPRRD.
04:40Ngayon, yung next dito is whether or not the person has been arrested in accordance with the proper process.
04:46Okay, so one of the most common questions po na nakikita ko dito is kung pwede ba daw yung soft
04:50copy lang na warrant of arrest.
04:52So, sa rules of procedure po natin, sa rules of criminal procedure po natin,
04:55nakalagay naman dyan na hindi naman kailangan talaga na physically hawak-hawak talaga nung arresting officer yung warrant pag-arresto.
05:02Ang required lang po dyan is pag humingi po ng kopya yung akusado,
05:05dapat within a reasonable time, mabigyan siya nung copy.
05:09Okay, so dun po medyo tama naman yung ginawa nila General Torre na kahit soft copy lang yung ginamit pag
05:14-serve sa kanya.
05:15However, General Torre has to be reminded of the second portion which is that dapat pag humingi po yung akusado,
05:21within a reasonable time, mabigyan po siya ng kopya nung warrant.
05:24So, ngayon, di ko po alam kung nabigyan ba si FPRRD within a reasonable time nung kopya
05:28because medyo magulo pa po lahat ng actual happenings in the process po nung arrest, okay?
05:33So, yung next question naman po natin dito, whether or not the person's rights have been respected.
05:39So, ito po medyo magulo pa din yung facts talaga.
05:41May nababasa ako na at the time of arrest, wala daw pong abogado si FPRRD.
05:45So, one of the rights po kasi of a person who is being arrested is that he must have a
05:48lawyer present of his choice.
05:50So, kung totoong wala talaga siyang abogado, di dun po posibleng nagkaroon na ng lapses, okay?
05:55Yung pinaka-clear na nakita ako pong isang lapse is yung sinasabi ni FPRRD
06:00or nire-request po niya na naantayin daw si Vice President Sara Duterte dumating.
06:04Tapos sabi niya, my daughter is my lawyer.
06:07Pero sabi ni General Torre is that hindi daw pwede na maantay.
06:10So, dun pa lang makikita din po natin that can be considered as a lapse.
06:13Since hindi po inalaw yung akusado dito, naantayin yung counsel of his choice
06:17which is his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, okay?
06:20However, this situation po can be countered considering nandun naman si former Executive Secretary Medial Dia
06:27and I believe Attorney Martin Delgrao is also there.
06:30So, pwede yun i-argue nila General Torre na may counsel naman na si FPRRD.
06:33Pero yung counter-argument nga dun na FPRRD is yung counsel of choice niya,
06:37is si Vice President Sara Duterte.
06:38So, dapat inantay.
06:39So, these are all arguments lang po.
06:41Gray areas pa lang po ito.
06:42Hindi talaga natin sure kung sino papanigan ng korte.
06:45Pero overall po, kung ako tatanungin yung professional assessment ko po talaga sa situation,
06:49the mere fact that the accused FPRRD was not brought promptly before a competent judicial authority
06:55that is already a clear lapse or mistake po under Article 59 of the Rome Statute, okay?
07:01And ano lang din po pala, clarification lang.
07:03Kasi napansin ko hindi pala nazo-zoom in itong videos ko sa TikTok at sa Facebook.
07:07So, baka hindi nyo po nababasa itong mga fina-flash kong mga batas.
07:12Pero sa YouTube po, kung dun kayo manood, pwede nyo po yan i-zoom in.
07:15Okay?
07:15Pero anyway, ngayon punta na po tayo sa number 3 nung Article 59.
07:19So, dito po nakalagay is that the person arrested shall have the right to apply to the competent authority
07:24in the custodial state for interim release pending surrender.
07:29Okay?
07:30So, yung surrender po dito, hindi po ito surrender ni FPRRD sa police force natin.
07:34This is surrender of the accused to the International Criminal Court.
07:38Yan po yung surrender dito.
07:39Ito pong number 3, ang pinaka-main point po dito.
07:42Pag yung isa pong akusado sa ICC case na arresto na ng custodial state,
07:46meron po siyang right to apply to the competent authority for an interim release.
07:51So, ito pong interim release, this is more or less similar po to the right to bail.
07:55So, may kita po natin, di ba, sa number 3, meron din pong right to apply ng interim release ang
08:00isang akusado.
08:01So, dito po, again, this can already be considered a violation since yun nga, si FPRRD was not brought promptly
08:07before a competent judicial authority.
08:09Second, he was not also given the right to apply for interim release pending surrender.
08:14Take note po, number 3 specifically states,
08:19So, in short, the word shall means mandatory po yan na may karapatan talaga siya mag-apply ng interim release
08:28prior to his surrender dun po sa ICC.
08:31Ngayon, punta naman po tayo sa number 4.
08:33This is still Article 59 pa rin po lahat to.
08:36So, Article 4, nakalagay po dito.
08:38In reaching a decision on any such application,
08:55So, dito po, ano po ba yung gravity of the alleged crimes?
08:59Of course, seryoso po because yung allegations po against FPRRD is crimes against humanity.
09:04So, yung gravity po ng offense alleged against FPRRD shall be considered po in relation to the urgent and exceptional
09:11circumstances considering po the status of FPRRD.
09:15So, yung isa pong pwede gamitin ditong argument ni FPRRD, of course, is age because he's already 80 years old.
09:21So, doon na lang po yan, pwede yan timbangin kung whether or not yung age niya being 80 years old
09:25can be considered as a valid justification po for an interim release.
09:29So, again, that is up to the competent judicial authority po or the competent authority in the custodial state to
09:35determine kung mas matimbang ba yung pagiging 80 years old na ni FPRRD in relation to the crime alleged.
09:42And lastly po, number 7 dito, nakalagay, once ordered to be surrendered by the custodial state, the person shall be
09:48delivered to the court as soon as possible.
09:51So, yung court na tinutukoy po dito, hindi na ito yung regular courts natin dito sa bansa natin, sa Pilipinas.
09:57This is already the ICC, yung tinutukoy.
09:59So, ang kailangan po, mayroong order from the custodial state na isosurrender na.
10:04Therefore, kung makikita po natin, it must undergo all these processes, yung mga diniscuss ko po ngayon, para po makagawa
10:11ng proper order for surrender yung custodial state dun sa ICC.
10:15Okay, so overall po, yung assessment ko po in the implementation ng warrant of arrest against FPRRD,
10:22meron pong mga lapses talaga.
10:23Kung ako po tatanungin, that is my professional assessment and or observation.
10:27Okay, you are free to disagree with me.
10:30Pero kung ganun po, huwag na po kayo makipagdebate kasi wala naman pong mananalo sa atin sa comment section.
10:35Okay?
10:35Because again, tandaan po ninyo, I am a licensed lawyer who is interpreting this provision in accordance po with my
10:41knowledge and wisdom, of course, as a lawyer.
10:43So again, yung profession assessment ko po is meron pong lapses as required by Article 59 of the Rome Statute.
10:49So again, ulitin ko lang po, yung una pong laps na nakita ko dito is yung failure to bring FPRRD
10:54promptly to competent judicial authority dito po sa bansa natin.
10:58Okay?
10:58At yung rason po nyan is para makita po talaga at para matingnan ng korte natin kung meron bang violations
11:04or lapses sa pag-serve ng warrant of arrest
11:06or kung meron po bang violations against constitutionally protected rights natin such as that of the right to due process.
11:13Okay?
11:14So yan po yan.
11:15And then, yung next din pong violation nakita ko dito since nakalagay sa number 3,
11:19the person arrested shall have the right to apply to the competent authority for interim release.
11:24Yun din po, hindi na po nabigyan si FPRRD ng right niya na yun to apply for interim release.
11:29Ang nangyari po, dirediretsyo siya from the airplane to William Moore Airbrace to another private airplane.
11:34Hanggang ngayon, I believe, nasa Dubai na po sila.
11:37Okay?
11:37So yun, yun po yung mga violations na nakita ko dito sa pag-serve po ng ICC warrant of arrest
11:42against FPRRD.
11:44So overall po, kung titignan natin lahat nung diniscuss ko dito,
11:48may kita po natin na yung essence po ng arrest proceeding as required by the Rome Statute is hindi po
11:54siya dapat minamadali.
11:55Diba?
11:55Kasi kung may kita po natin, yun nga, unang-una kailangan padalhin sa korte,
11:59tapos yung korte kailangan pa-desisyonan kung talagang tama ba yung warrant of arrest.
12:03Yung unan, letter A, kung nakapangalan ba sa warrant of arrest is yun talaga yung inaresto.
12:07Pangalawa, kung nasunod yung proper process.
12:09At pangatlo, kung nasunod ba yung mga karapatan o narespeto ba yung mga karapatan nung akusado.
12:14Tapos number three po, nakalagay din, meron pang right to apply din for interim release yung akusado.
12:19So all in all po, considering these matters na kailangan i-discuss ng competent judicial authority in the custodial state,
12:26this would indicate na hindi po siya bagay na minamadali lang.
12:29And most likely, the reason kung bakit ganito po yung requirement ng Rome Statute natin,
12:33kasi kung babasahin nyo po yung ibang provisions dito sa Rome Statute,
12:36diba, ina-emphasize din po nila na they respect and follow the right to due process.
12:41And the right to due process is ganito po yan.
12:43Ganito po yung proper procedure if the right to due process was actually followed talaga
12:47in relation sa pag-implement ng arrest warrant, ng ICC arrest warrant against FPRD dito po sa bansa natin,
12:54which is the custodial state po regarding this case.
12:57Okay?
12:58So klaruhin ko lang po ah, hindi ko po sinasabi na hindi kaya gawin lahat to in one day.
13:03Yung point ko lang po, hindi to siya dapat minamadali yung pag-surrender po ng isang akusado sa ICC court.
13:09Okay?
13:09So again, ulitin ko, I did not say na hindi po ito pwede gawin in one day.
13:13As long as makumpli po ito lahat, magawa ng one day, di wala po sanang problema.
13:17Kaso yung problema po dito sa case ni FPRD, hindi po lahat nangyari ito eh.
13:21Wala pong surrender or wala pong bringing promptly to competent judicial authority.
13:25Ang nangyari po, dire-diretsyo, airport, villamore, airplane, and then lipad.
13:29So dun po may kita natin na meron ng mga possible arguments and or defenses po si FPRD
13:34regarding po the enforcement or the implementation of the warrant of arrest against his person.
13:39Okay?
13:39So ngayon, i-discuss ko naman po sa inyo kung ano ba yung mga possible legal consequences po
13:44because of all these lapses sa pag-implement and enforce ng warrant of arrest against FPRD.
13:50So ang rason po kung bakit importante na tama yung pag-implement or pag-enforce po ng warrant of arrest
13:56sa isang akusado
13:57because in criminal cases po kasi, the court must not only have jurisdiction over the crime or the subject matter
14:02of the case
14:03but the court must also have jurisdiction over the person of the accused.
14:07Okay?
14:08So yung mga nagsasabi po dyan na may jurisdiction na, so tuloy-tuloy na, ganyan-ganyan.
14:12Hindi po yan ganyan.
14:13In criminal cases, there are two requirements.
14:15Jurisdiction over the crime and jurisdiction over the person of the accused.
14:19Okay?
14:20At yung rason po kung bakit importante na may jurisdiction ang korte in relation to those two aspects
14:25is because if a court has no jurisdiction over the person of the accused,
14:29hindi po siya maka-render ng valid judgment against that person.
14:33Diba?
14:33And the reason kung bakit in-emphasize ko po talaga yung mga procedural lapses sa pag-implement ng warrant of
14:38arrest
14:39because one of the ways po for the court to acquire jurisdiction over the person of the accused
14:43is via an arrest warrant or via the voluntary surrender po ng isang akusado.
14:49Okay?
14:49So unang-unang may kita po natin, in-explain ko na po, merong mga lapses sa pag-enforce ng arrest
14:53warrant.
14:53Therefore, ngayon, pwede ma-question ni FPRD na the jurisdiction over his person was never acquired
14:59considering that the arrest warrant was improperly enforced against him.
15:03Okay?
15:03At yung pangalawa, yung voluntary surrender.
15:05Very clear naman na si FPRD did not voluntary surrender.
15:08May mga videos po tayong may kita na he is being taken into custody against his own volition.
15:13Okay?
15:13Yan po yung sinasabi niya dun sa video sa napanood ko.
15:16So ngayon, ang next question po natin is kung ano na ngayon yung mga remedies ni FPRD
15:20since dinala na siya sa ICC, di ba?
15:22He's on his way there already via airplane.
15:25So yung maging remedy po niyan ngayon is mag, of course, pagdating po niya dyan,
15:28tutuloy na po yan yung case.
15:30And then, dun po sa pretrial conference,
15:32pwede naman po yan niya erase lahat ng mga legal issues na nakita niya
15:36or sa tingin po niyang mga defenses niya.
15:38So lahat po ng mga diniscuss ko simula kahapon and today,
15:41those are all defenses po na pwede erase ni FPRD once nandun na po siya sa ICC
15:45at mag-start na po talaga yung mga proceedings proper.
15:48Okay?
15:48Pero unless and until there is a valid decision or resolution on the issues raised by FPRD,
15:53ang presumption po at present, unfortunately, is valid po yung pag-enforce ng warrant.
15:58Okay?
15:58And pansin ko rin po pala lately, sobrang dami pong nagka-copy-paste ng videos ko.
16:02Okay?
16:02So ito lang po, quick reminder to everyone,
16:04wag nyo naman po sana i-copy-paste yung full videos ko
16:07because that is clearly copyright infringement.
16:10Okay?
16:10At para po mas maintindihan nyo yung position ko,
16:12ito po kasing mga videos ko,
16:13these are all my legal expertise as a lawyer.
16:16Diba?
16:16In short, pinaghirapan ko po to, pinag-aralan ko to,
16:19pinagsikapan ko po masan ng bar exam.
16:21Kaya medyo offensive din po sa akin kung i-copy-paste nyo lang yung full content ko
16:25tapos i-claim nyo na sa inyo.
16:26Diba?
16:27Kasi aminin po natin yung iba ko na ikita,
16:29ang daming followers.
16:30In short, may income po kayo dyan.
16:31So yung point ko lang po dito is maging fair naman po kayo
16:34dun sa original na content creator.
16:36Okay?
16:36So i-clarify ko lang po,
16:37I am not against the use of my content for fair use.
16:40Alam ko naman po yung batas eh.
16:41Therefore, fair use is an exemption to copyright infringement.
16:45However, yung mga nakikita ko po kasi,
16:46literal, nakinacopy po yung buong video
16:48tapos pinipaste lang nila sa page na
16:50and they claim it as their own.
16:52Kahit na po i-tag nyo yung pangalan ko dyan,
16:54tatandaan po ninyo,
16:55that is monetized or commercially used by you
16:57at kung may income kayo,
16:58hindi na po yan pasok sa fair use.
17:00Okay?
17:01And I am well aware po na
17:02umabot na po ng 100,000 yung subscribers ko sa YouTube.
17:05Diba?
17:06And as promised to all of you po,
17:07we will have a celebration via a live video.
17:09So for the live video po,
17:10let's have it scheduled po tomorrow,
17:12March 13, Thursday po yan
17:14at 6 o'clock Philippine time.
17:16Okay?
17:16So kung gusto nyo po tayo magkwentuhan,
17:19magmaritesan,
17:19kita-kita po tayo tomorrow,
17:21Thursday, 6 p.m. Philippine time.
17:23Okay?
17:23So yan lang po muna.
17:25Hanggang dyan lang po yung discussions natin today.
17:26Hopefully, klara yun guys.
17:28And if you like legal educational videos
17:29or current events,
17:30follow lang po kayo sa akin sa social media.
17:32Until next time,
17:33see you all po.
17:34Bye-bye!
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