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Incumbent senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa meets with supporters before filing his Certificate of Candidacy at the Manila Hotel in Manila for the 2025 midterm elections on October 3, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172793537851220241003-halalan-coc-filing-bato-dela-rosa-MD960.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Sen. Ronald " Dela="" Rosa="" meets="" with="" supporters="" before="" filing="" his="" Certificate="" of="" Candidacy="" at="" the="" Manila="" Hotel="" in="" for="" midterm="" elections="" on="" October="" Mark="" ABS-CBN=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sen. Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; Dela Rosa meets with supporters before filing his Certificate of Candidacy at the Manila Hotel in Manila for the 2025 midterm elections on October 3, 2024.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MAYNILA — Sen. Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa on Thursday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) may have already reached out to his office but he instructed his staff to &quot;ignore&quot; the tribunal as he maintained his position that it had no jurisdiction over him. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/07/19/23/how-the-iccs-ph-drug-war-probe-was-almost-lost-on-the-issue-of-jurisdiction">• How the ICC&#x27;s PH drug war probe was almost lost on the issue of jurisdiction</a></div><p>During his filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) for reelection, Dela Rosa was asked if he had been contacted by the ICC, which was investigating former President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s bloody war on drugs. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/3/duterte-loyalists-bato-bong-go-file-coc-for-senate-reelection-1145">• Duterte loyalists Bato, Bong Go file COC for Senate reelection</a></div><p>&quot;Merong nag-contact sa opisina pero in-ignore namin dahil alam naman naming wala silang jurisdiction sa atin. May nagko-contact sa opisina ko pero in-ignore namin, hindi namin kinausap, hindi namin pinatulan,&quot; Dela Rosa told reporters.</p><p>(Somebody contacted our office, but we ignored it because we know they have no jurisdiction over us. We did not engage.)</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/26/bato-on-reported-suspect-tag-by-icc-what-s-new-1034">• Bato on reported &#x27;suspect&#x27; tag by ICC: &#x27;What&#x27;s new?&#x27;</a></div><p>The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in July confirmed that the ICC asked for assistance to &quot;interview&quot; key drug war individuals, which, based on a document leaked by former Sen. Antonio Trillanes, included Dela Rosa, former police chief Oscar Albayalde, among others.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/30/ph-won-t-help-but-won-t-stop-icc-prosecutor-s-bid-to-interview-drug-war-personalities-1002">• PH won&#x27;t help, but won&#x27;t stop ICC prosecutor&#x27;s bid to interview drug war personalities</a></div><p>According to Dela Rosa, several calls from supposed ICC personnel followed soon after Trillanes&#x27; revelation.<br/><br/>&quot;Baka mamaya mga g*go-g*go lang yan na mga tao don... naggawa ng pangalan na kunwari European daw sila na gustong mag interview sa akin,&quot; Dela Rosa said.</p><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">&quot;Sabay-sabay nung pagsabi ni Trillanes nung issue merong nagtawag-tawag sa amin sabi ko wag nyong entertain yan baka mga siraulo yan,&quot; he added.</span></div><p>(Who knows maybe those are just pranksters who made up European-sounding names to interview me... The calls came after Trillanes publicized the issue but I told my staff don&#x27;t entertain those crazy people.)</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/18/23/bato-unbothered-by-iccs-insistence-to-probe-drug-war">• &#x27;Deadma lang&#x27;: Bato &#x27;unbothered&#x27; by ICC&#x27;s insistence to probe drug war</a></div><p>Dela Rosa recently suggested to some senators to pass a measure banning the Philippines from cooperating with the ICC.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/12/bato-suggests-law-banning-cooperation-with-icc-1825">• Bato suggests law banning cooperation with ICC</a></div><p>Officially, 6,181 people were killed in Duterte&#x27;s &quot;war on drugs&quot; but rights group say that up to 30,000 may have been killed, some innocent victims, and that corruption was allegedly rife among security forces that acted with impunity.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: <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/T2H0fjOeV10?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable fr-active" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R2vw1aWOrOU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sen. Bato dela Rosa on Thursday said the ICC may have already reached out to his office but he instructed his staff to "ignore" them.</p>

Sen. Bato dela Rosa on Thursday said the ICC may have already reached out to his office but he instructed his staff to "ignore" them.

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Bato says ICC may have already contacted him but he 'ignored' it

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published October 03, 2024 02:18 PM PHT

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Updated October 03, 2024 03:30 PM PHT

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