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Patuloy tayong magtulungan, magbantay at manindigan para sa isang lipunang makatao, makatarungan, at tunay na nagmamahal sa bawat Pilipino,
De Lima said
Nais naming iparating na hindi kayo nag-iisa sa laban na ito. Kasama ninyo kami sa paghahanap ng katarungan at pagbangon mula sa mapait na nakaraan.”
The former senator addressed families of EJK victimsAng ML party-list ay nagsusulong ng isang batas na magtatatag ng EJK victims compensation fund. Layunin nitong magbigay ng suporta at kalinga sa mga pamilyang naulila at nawalan dahil sa mga walang habas na pagpatay sa ilalim ng nakaraang administrasyon,
De Lima said in a video message on Wednesday eveningIt's a request to the Philippine government from Interpol to enforce the arrest warrant, and of course, we comply with our commitments to Interpol,
the President said
In this case, it was not followed. Definitely, there is a culpable violation of the Constitution but at the end of the day, our question is can President Marcos be impeached? I don't think so because the majority of the members of the lower house who are supposed to be duly bound to file an impeachment process against him, if possible, will not do that,
Calilung saidIsn't this a call for the downfall of the government? First of all, there is a warrant of arrest. Second, a case was filed. And third, there are alleged victims who will testify,
Castro said in Filipino as she insisted that there was nothing irregular about Duterte's arrestMajority of the people in the lower house are controlled by House Speaker Romualdez, President Marcos' cousin, who, of course, will not do that. No one will endorse. If there are a few congressmen who will endorse it, their number is not enough to really have an endorsement in the Senate,
he addedSo that's not the right answer, and that's not what we are expecting from the President because we have what we called internal sovereignty. We are sovereign in the country. We have well-functioning institutions. I would like to believe that these kinds of processes should be done within the confines of our territory,
Calilung saidWe have not been able to protect our own countrymen, we have allowed him to be arrested here in our country without even going through the proper process. Because an arrest is necessary, he still has to satisfy the process. There should be no case of illegal detention,
he said
The supporters of the former president? Well, you know — again, the government is just doing its job. It's not because it's one person or another that we do the things that we do,
Marcos saidOtherwise, it's like you're saying that we can be dictated to by anyone, even if they're in another country, and they'll tell us we need it, will we just follow through? Of course, we need to set the proper standards and the right procedures before we submit to them. What happened was like submission to their will at the expense of the rights of our own countrymen,
he addedOf course, at the end of the day, the reason for this is politics. We didn't look at the legal basis but only at the political percussion, and I think this is what our countrymen are seeing today as to why they are angry about what's happening today,
he saidIt's again part of the Roman Statute. But because of that, he will be detained at the ICC detention center in The Hague. It's pending the trial. The trial will take place at the ICC headquarters in The Hague. So if we can't actually stop it here domestically, his trial will continue,
he addedThis case started in 2017 when we were still members of the ICC and it was during the time of former president Duterte. So, I don't see how that can be political persecution on my part because it was initiated before I even came into the picture,
he addedIt's similar to bail. It's possible in exceptional circumstances, especially if the judges determined that there is no risk of flight, meaning he won't flee, there's no obstruction there in the dispensation of his case or continued crime exists,
Calilung saidWe followed all the legal procedures that are necessary. So, I'm confident that, upon further examination, you will find that it was proper and correct,
he addedI believe there is, presumably because we need to protect our own."
Asked about the possible liability on the part of the Marcos administration, Calilung saidThis is not just a made-up story. There were victims. There was no planting of evidence. The case did not stem from the Philippines. It is a case pending before the ICC. What is their reason for enticing the people to launch an uprising against the government when the government is adhering to the rule of law?"
she addedNo person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws."
He cited Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution, which statesPolitics doesn't enter into it. Why — he's never going to be a candidate for anything. Why go after him? And besides, it was 2017, I wasn't there yet, I was still a civilian then,
Marcos said, referring to the ICC case filed against Duterte