00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte's case in the ICC is not against the law.
00:05Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio explained that the Philippines has a law regarding this before we became a member of the ICC.
00:14Efrain Gaitos of Radyo Pilipinas for the national news.
00:19If former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio will ask, there is no hope that former President Rodrigo Duterte will return to the Philippines.
00:30Even if the Supreme Court orders the government to return Duterte to the country.
00:35In the interview of Radyo Pilipinas, Carpio explained that the former president is already in the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court or ICC.
00:44He can return here and question there.
00:48Under the Rome Statute, the accused, President Duterte, can question the validity of his arrest by ICC.
00:58Because the ICC issued a warrant of arrest, he can question that there.
01:03The former magistrate also stated that the Philippines has a cooperation agreement with the International Criminal Police Organization.
01:10And because the ICC asked for help from Interpol, we have an obligation to assist in the arrest of fugitives or individuals wanted.
01:20Despite this, Carpio did not go against the law to submit to the former president in the ICC.
01:25Because the law was passed here in 2009, where the sending of the accused to the International Criminal Court was suspended.
01:34This is our Congress. President Arroyo established this.
01:40We can also decide under Philippine law that this kind of thing, for more efficiency, because the witnesses are afraid to speak here.
01:53They will be killed. That's why the discretion is given to the relevant Philippine authorities.
02:01According to Carpio, our democratic institutions should be strengthened.
02:05Especially, there is no single case against the former president.
02:08Even if there were 25,000, up to 30,000 were convicted in the war on drugs of Duterte.
02:15From PBS Radio Pilipinas, Efraim Gaitos for Balitang Pambansa.
