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Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, August 30, 2023. Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate PRIB/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172258625093020230830-senate-bato-dela-rosa-SPRIB.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, August 30, 2023. Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate PRIB/File</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said Friday he would not subject himself to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) or the International Criminal Court investigating the previous administration’s war on drugs. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla recently said the government was </span> <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/1/albayalde-won-t-cooperate-with-icc-probe-unless-ordered-by-doj-1120"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/1/albayalde-won-t-cooperate-with-icc-probe-unless-ordered-by-doj-1120">unlikely to stop the Interpol</a></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from serving any arrest order from the ICC. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Earlier this week, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that Dela Rosa and several other former police officials were covered by Interpol&#x27;s </span> <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/31/trillanes-claims-icc-asked-interpol-to-put-dela-rosa-others-under-blue-notice-1322"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/31/trillanes-claims-icc-asked-interpol-to-put-dela-rosa-others-under-blue-notice-1322">Blue Notice</a></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Kung lalabas yung arrest warrant at ito&#x27;y isi-serve sa akin ng taga-Interpol, I will not submit to their jurisdiction…dahil alam kong wala silang jurisdiction sa atin,” Dela Rosa said in phone interview with Senate reporters, which was shared by his office.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“At kung sila&#x27;y tutulungan ng ating kapulisan ,well hindi ako makipag-giyera sa ating kapulisan. I will submit to the authority of our government…kung ang lahat yan ay kautusan ng ating korte. Pero ‘pag kautusan ng ibang ng other than our courts then I will not recognize it,&quot; he continued.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(I will not submit to their jurisdiction If the ICC will issue an arrest order and it will be served by Interpol because I know they have no jurisdiction here. I won&#x27;t quarrel with our police. I will submit to the authority of our government if it is an order of our court. Otherwise, I will not recognize it.)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><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></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">But Dela Rosa said he was ready to talk to the ICC “if they are going to make a formal communication with me.” </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Titignan ko kung paano yung laman ng communication at kung sabihin nila mag-interview lang then why not… But it doesn&#x27;t mean that I submit to their jurisdiction, it doesn&#x27;t mean that I recognize their jurisdiction over my person,” the senator said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Pero kung may itatanong sila sa akin ako ay isang matinong tao hindi ako bastos sasagutin ko ng tamang sagot yung itatanong sa akin,&quot; he said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(I will see if  they communicate formally. I will answer their questions but it doesn&#x27;t mean I submit to their jurisdiction.)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dela Rosa said he had yet to hear from the ICC directly.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/04/24/bato-to-seek-deportation-of-icc-investigators">Bato to seek deportation of ICC investigators</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>HIDE IN SENATE? </strong></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Asked if he would hide in the Senate, Dela Rosa said, &quot;Tignan lang natin. As I&#x27;ve said, I will cross the bridge when I get there.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dela Rosa said he was holding on to the previous pronouncement of President Marcos, Jr that he would not cooperate with the ICC.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Otherwise, kung nag-iiba na talaga eh, di nagdo-double talk lang ating Pangulo,&quot; he said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Pero kung hindi man, ibig sabihin there is a problem somewhere. It’s either hindi niya kuntrolado ang Gabinete niya or siya mismo ang nado-double talk kung talagang mangyari yung ini-expect natin.&quot; </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(I cling to the President&#x27;s pronouncement that he will not cooperate, otherwise he is engaged in double talk or he doesn&#x27;t control the Cabinet.)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/22/marcos-extermination-never-part-of-drug-war-strategy-1240">Marcos: &#x27;Extermination&#x27; never part of drug war strategy</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>SENATE RULES </strong></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, Sen. Joel Villanueva said rules of the Senate would prevail in case there is any attempt to apprehend Dela Rosa. Under the 1987 Constitution, a senator or member of the House of Representatives shall, in all offenses punishable by not more than six years imprisonment, be privileged from arrest while the Congress is in session. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">No Member shall be questioned nor be held liable in any other place for any speech or debate in the Congress or in any committee. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Ayokong pangunahan kung anuman yung mga speculations na sinasabi ninuman. Tayo doon sa Senado, may sarili tayong rules na ginagalang at syempre whatever happens ipapatupad ng Senado,” Villanueva said in an interview. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“But at the same time, we are also welcoming kung anuman yung  nangyayari sa ating kapaligiran pero di namin iwe-welcome yung pag-break ng aming rules sa Senate,&quot; he added. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/27/dela-rosa-admits-human-rights-violations-during-duterte-drug-war-1633">Dela Rosa admits human rights violations during Duterte drug war</a></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dela Rosa said he hoped his colleagues in the Senate would rally to his side. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I am hoping that the Senate as an independent institution, a co-equal branch of government ay manindigan din para sa kaniyang miyembro… Kung ang Malacanan ay hindi manindigan para sa kaniyang citizen, sana lang ang Senado ay manindigan para sa kaniyang miyembro sa kaniyang isang senador niya,&quot; Dela Rosa said.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Worst comes to worst, I expect that my colleague will stand up for what is right, will stand up for their independence from Malacanang. Kung anong gusto ng Malacanang whether it is tainted with politics or not  dapat ang Senado ay may sariling stand at ito ay dapat manindigan ang Senado.&quot;</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(I hope the Senate stands by one of its own if the Palace cannot stand by its own citizens. I hope my colleagues  take a stand regardless of what the Palace wants.)</span></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/27/new-icc-suspects-urged-to-come-clean-on-duterte-s-drug-war-1643">New ICC suspects urged to come clean on Duterte&#x27;s &#x27;drug war&#x27;</a></div>

<p>Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said Friday he would not subject himself to the jurisdiction of the Interpol or the ICC investigating the previous administration’s war on drugs.</p>

Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said Friday he would not subject himself to the jurisdiction of the Interpol or the ICC investigating the previous administration’s war on drugs.

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