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Bato turns to SC for TRO vs. arrest warrant issued by ICC

Adrian Ayalin

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — Sen. Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; Dela Rosa has asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order or TRO against the implementation of the supposed arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court.</p><p>In his very urgent manifestation filed Wednesday, Dela Rosa asked the court to resolve all pending motions considering the gravity and immediacy of the constitutional issues involved.</p><p>Dela Rosa filed the manifestation as a follow-up to the pending petition for certiorari and prohibition which he and former President Rodrigo Duterte filed on March 11, 2025 against Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin over the arrest and transfer of the former leader to the Netherlands.</p><p>“The petitioners therefore beseech this Honorable Court to assert its constitutional role as final arbiter of both judicial and constitutional propriety, and to prevent another constitutional breakdown that would erode the very notion of Philippine sovereignty,” Dela Rosa’s lawyer Israelito Torreon said in the petition.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/12/bato-ready-to-join-duterte-at-the-hague-if-all-legal-options-fail-1853">Bato ready to join Duterte at The Hague &#x27;if all legal options fail&#x27;</a></div><p>Dela Rosa asked the Supreme Court to take judicial notice of the public statement made by Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla who confirmed the issuance of the arrest warrant.</p><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAFz8gWM8iRADsJr&amp;cid=ABriy4HWDezdkX99"></script><p>In response to Remulla’s revelation, officials of the Department of Justice, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of the Interior and Local Government said there was no arrest warrant yet against Dela Rosa.</p><p>Dela Rosa however told the Supreme Court that the supervening events demonstrated a clear, present and continuing danger that he would be illegally arrested or surrendered to a foreign court without due process.</p><p>“Unless restrained, the respondents may again invoke &#x27;international cooperation&#x27; or &#x27;comity&#x27; to justify actions similar to the March 11, 2025 arrest and transfer of former President Duterte, which occurred without judicial order, without warrant of extradition, and in open defiance of constitutional boundaries,” Torreon said in the petition.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/9/alleged-icc-warrant-vs-bato-figment-of-remulla-s-fertile-imagination-says-duterte-lawyer-1201">Alleged ICC warrant vs Bato &#x27;figment of Remulla&#x27;s fertile imagination,&#x27; says Duterte lawyer</a></div><p>Dela Rosa also filed on Thursday before the Supreme Court a motion to compel Ombudsman Remulla to immediately submit to the court the copy of the supposed arrest warrant which he publicly stated having in his possession through his cellular phone.</p><p>“As a respondent, Remulla owes candor, full disclosure, and fidelity to this Honorable Court,” Torreon said.</p><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MVZ_HPIQuC8" title="ICC &#x27;cannot confirm&#x27; arrest warrant vs Bato Dela Rosa | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gghx-waOWVo" title="Surrender Bato? DOJ considering 2 options if ICC issues warrant vs senator | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa has asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order or TRO against the implementation of the supposed arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court.</p>

Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa has asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order or TRO against the implementation of the supposed arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court.

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Dela Rosa turns to Supreme Court for TRO vs ICC arrest warrant

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 13, 2025 04:08 PM PHT

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Updated November 13, 2025 07:52 PM PHT

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