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PH will 'accord full cooperation' if Interpol issues red notice vs Duterte: Malacañang

PH will 'accord full cooperation' if Interpol issues red notice vs Duterte: Malacañang

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Nov 13, 2024 04:52 PM PHT

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Former President Rodrigo Duterte  on November 13, 2024 during the Quad-Comm hearing on the extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN NewsFormer President Rodrigo Duterte  on November 13, 2024 during the Quad-Comm hearing on the extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

MANILA -- The Philippines will "accord full cooperation" to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) if it issues a red notice against former President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang said on Wednesday.

The statement comes hours after the former chief executive dared the International Criminal Court (ICC) to travel to the Philippines to look into alleged irregularities in the previous administration's campaign against illegal drugs.

While the Palace has repeatedly underscored that it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC after the Philippines withdrew from the international panel, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said that it would be a different story if the ICC seeks Interpol's aid.

"If the ICC refers the process to the Interpol,  which may then transmit a red notice to the Philippine authorities, the government will feel obliged to consider the red notice as a request to be honored," Bersamin told reporters in a statement.

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"The domestic law enforcement agencies shall be bound to accord full cooperation to the Interpol pursuant to established protocols," he said.

While the Interpol does not treat the red notice as an international arrest warrant, it is a "request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action."

"The individuals are wanted by the requesting member country, or international tribunal," the Interpol said in its website.

"Member countries apply their own laws in deciding whether to arrest a person," it said.

Bersamin's statement makes the Philippines' stance on a possible Interpol operation against Duterte. 

In August, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Philippine authorities, judicial, law enforcement still have to determine whether or not to implement a red notice from the Interpol.

Meanwhile, Malacañang also noted that it would not stop Duterte if the former president wishes to submit himself before the ICC.

"If the former President desires to surrender himself to the jurisdiction of the ICC, the government will neither object to it nor move to block the fulfillment of his desire," Bersamin said.

In 2018, the Philippines withdrew its membership from the Rome Statute of the ICC just as the international agency was investigating Duterte and his involvement in human rights violations committed during illegal drug operations under his administration.

During a House inquiry where Duterte was questioned about extrajudicial killings allegedly committed under his order, the former president said that the ICC should come to the Philippines immediately to start their investigation.

"I am asking the ICC to hurry up and if possible, they can come here and start the investigation tomorrow," Duterte said during the hearing.

"The issue has been left hanging for so many years… Baka mamatay na ako, hindi na nila ako ma-imbestiga," the 79-year-old politician said.

"The ICC does not scare me a bit. They can come here anytime… Wala naman tayong taguan," he added.

"Ang sinabi ko, ang ginawa ko, I did it for my country and for the young people, no excuses, no apology. I got to hell, so be it." 

Over 12,000 Filipinos linked to illegal drugs — including minors and bystanders — were killed during the Duterte administration, according to data from the Human Rights Watch.

At least 2,555 of the killings have been attributed to the Philippine National Police, the human rights group said.

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Lyza Aquino,

Patrol Ng Pilipino

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MAYNILA– Kilala ang EDSA bilang isa sa pangunahing kalsada sa Metro Manila. 

Sentro rin ito ng mahahalagang pangyayari sa kasaysayan gaya ng People Power Revolution noong 1986. 

Ipinangalan sa isang Pilipinong manunulat, historyador at iskolar na si Epifanio de los Santos ang EDSA. 

Bago maging EDSA ang pangalan ng kalsada na ito, tinawag muna itong Highway 54 sa panahon ni Pangulong Manuel Quezon.

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Kilala rin ito bilang MacArthur Boulevard noong 1945 at naging Avenida 19 De Junio rin sa paggunita ng kaarawan ni Gat. Jose Rizal noong 1946.

Pero sa ilang beses na pagpapalit ng pangalan ng EDSA sa nagdaang mga taon, paano nga ba ang sistema sa pagbibigay ng pangalan ng isang kalsada?

Ayon sa  National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), ang pagpapalit ng pangalan ng kalsada ay kailangang sumailalim sa proseso at panuntunan.

–Ulat ni Lyza Aquino, Patrol ng Pilipino

Video produced by Lovely Quizol & Raymharc Samonte 


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