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00:00.0
Okay, this is it. It looks like the moment of truth is arriving.
00:05.0
Based on the latest reports we're getting right now,
00:07.7
the Department of Justice of the Philippines is preparing a briefer reportedly
00:12.2
for President Marco Jr. to consider scenarios of potential arrest
00:18.0
of former officials in the Duterte administration by the International Criminal Court.
00:23.6
Moreover, there could be also a push by the Philippine government
00:27.1
to rejoin the International Criminal Court
00:29.2
from which the Philippines controversially withdrew under the Duterte administration.
00:35.0
As you know, there are questions as to its constitutionality
00:37.5
and whether the Senate, which had ratified the Rome Statute,
00:41.4
the treaty that allowed us to join the ICC,
00:43.4
whether Duterte's unilateral withdrawal from that was valid to begin with,
00:47.8
the constitutionality of that is also under question.
00:50.9
Now, this is big.
00:52.4
Although there are risks and perils ahead for Marco Jr.,
00:56.1
this means that...
00:57.1
he can do the right thing, which is to help ICC,
01:02.5
not to mention also fight for the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea,
01:06.3
and at the same time, he can also do something that is popular and politically convenient for him.
01:12.1
Because in this case, surveys are showing that there's growing support for ICC investigations
01:16.4
and potentially also issuance of warrants of arrest and justice on that front.
01:20.6
There's also growing indication that the vast majority of Filipinos
01:23.5
want the President to take a tougher stance in the West Philippine Sea.
01:26.1
Importantly for Marco Jr., he also now has a chance to strike a blow at the Dutertes,
01:32.5
who are directly challenging him in one way or another.
01:36.9
But this is where the real challenge lies.
01:40.6
But the things of Philippine media, I think it has done a fantastic job
01:43.9
of exposing the brutality of the drug war under the Duterte administration.
01:49.8
And we have fantastic works by world-class journalists like Patricia Invalista,
01:56.1
has really shed light on the darkness at the heart of Duterte's drug war.
02:02.4
But what we need is this.
02:05.9
I want to know, Mr. President,
02:08.0
is my daughter alive or dead?
02:12.0
Slowly, as if we didn't realize, a machine...
02:16.2
We need them to have their voice heard.
02:20.1
There has to be a human face to the suffering and to the trauma of Duterte's legacy.
02:26.1
More and more victims, their families, their children, their relatives,
02:30.0
have to come out.
02:30.9
They have to be interviewed.
02:31.9
They have to be heard.
02:33.4
The voiceless have to have a voice.
02:35.3
That is extremely, extremely important.
02:38.2
Because I think for all of the coverage of drug war in the past 6, 7, 8 years,
02:43.7
not enough attention has been paid to the stories of the victims and their families, per se.
02:49.6
And this is something that we have to work on.
02:51.6
History has shown us that there will not be any real democracy
02:56.7
And there will be no justice if there's no compassion.
02:59.7
And to get the compassion of the majority of the Filipino people,
03:03.2
they need to know about the human stories.
03:06.4
They need to know about the human suffering here.
03:09.0
It is important that their side of the story will be heard.
03:13.0
And we saw in many post-dictatorship or post-mass atrocities countries,
03:18.0
countries very similar to us, like Argentina,
03:20.1
it was very important for the people to hear from the victims
03:25.0
and their families.
03:26.1
And that was very crucial for them to make sure that there will be justice.
03:31.0
So I believe that whether you're a journalist, you're a blogger,
03:34.4
if you have platform, if you have a voice, give voice to the voiceless.
03:38.3
Because this is going to be a crucial moment for Philippine democracy.
03:41.5
This could be our chance to make sure that we come to terms with the horrible, dark past.
03:49.8
After all, let's not forget, this is not only about politics,
03:53.1
House of Duterte versus House of Marcos.
03:55.2
It's not about...
03:56.1
It's not about abstract principles.
03:57.3
It's not about sovereignty of whether we're going to protect our sovereignty against an international body.
04:01.9
Those are just excuses to avoid accountability and justice.
04:05.6
This is about concrete lives of real fellow Filipinos.
04:10.6
This is about human suffering.
04:12.3
This is about justice.
04:14.1
And this is about shaming those who try to justify the wicked and to condemn the righteous.
04:19.7
It's about shaming them into conscience and bringing them back into the fold,
04:24.7
into the fold of democracy.
04:26.1
Democracy, pluralism, and humanity.
