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Senator Ronald Dela Rosa attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Thursday, September 18, 2025. The hearing was also attended by officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways led by Sec. Vince Dizon, along with representatives of contractors implicated in alleged ghost and substandard projects nationwide. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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RG Cruz

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177199075024120250918-senate-flood-control-bato-dela-rosa-JC0368.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senator Ronald Dela Rosa attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE) </strong>— A civil society group on Wednesday filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa before the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges, citing his &quot;prolonged absence from official duties.&quot; </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/28/dela-rosa-s-salary-may-be-withheld-due-to-continued-absence-lacson-1109">No work, no pay? Bato dela Rosa&#x27;s salary may be withheld due to continued absence — Lacson</a></div><p>&quot;The continued failure of a sitting Senator to report for work and perform the functions of his office constitutes not only a clear dereliction of duty, but also a grave abuse of the privilege entrusted to him by the Filipino people. As an elected public official receiving compensation from public funds, a Senator carries the constitutional and moral obligation to attend sessions. participate in legislative deliberations, and full oversight responsibilities,&quot; group Wag Kang Corrupt said.</p><p>The group includes former Finance Undersecretary Cielo Magno and former lawmaker Barry Gutierrez.</p><p>&quot;Sana po ay matugunan ito ng Senate Committee at magkaroon ng sanction  dahil hindi dapat tino-tolerate yung mga ganitong kilos na hindi pumapasok sa trabaho at hindi ginagawa ang tungkulin bilang isang senador,&quot; Magno said.</p><p>The complaint was lodged before the Senate Ethics Committee, chaired by Senator JV Ejercito.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;NAPIPILITAN LANG&#x27;</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Dela Rosa&#x27;s Minority colleague, Senator Imee Marcos, spoke up in Dela Rosa&#x27;s defense, stressing he did not want to be absent.</p><p>&quot;Ginusto ba niya yun? Eh, si Senator Bato, kilala ko yun eh. Atat-atat magtrabaho yun. Aga-aga pumasok... Ang problema, hindi siya nakakasigurado na bibigyan talaga siya ng proteksyon dahil may iba&#x27;t ibang sinasabi dito. Kaya yun nga ang alma niya. Pero kung sa pagtatrabaho hindi naman siguro pwedeng sabihin na ayaw niya magtrabaho. Napipilitan lang yung tao,&quot; Marcos said.</p><p>Dela Rosa has been absent from Senate plenary sessions since Nov. 11, 2025, after Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla claimed that the International Criminal Court had issued an arrest warrant for him.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/24/icc-prosecutor-explains-roles-of-duterte-s-alleged-co-perpetrators-2106">ICC prosecutor explains roles of Duterte&#x27;s alleged &#x27;co-perpetrators&#x27;</a></div><p>The former PNP chief has been tagged as one of the co-perpetrators in the crimes against humanity case of detained former President Rodrigo Duterte at the ICC.</p><div><br/></div><div><em></em><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><strong><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WhBnXk-0dgw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/30Sp0QRqGvI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>A civil society group on Wednesday filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa before the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges, citing his "prolonged absence from official duties."</p>

A civil society group on Wednesday filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa before the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges, citing his "prolonged absence from official duties."

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Group files ethics complaint vs Bato dela Rosa over months-long absence from Senate duties

RG Cruz,

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Published February 25, 2026 11:40 AM PHT

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