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Dela Rosa to use 'tokhang' in reelection bid

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Victoria Tulad

ABS-CBN News

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa will use the controversial &quot;tokhang&quot; in his reelection bid.Tokhang or &#x27;tok, tok hangyo&quot; is a term that means to knock and plead and was widely used during the bloody war on drugs of the Duterte administration.Dela Rosa was chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) then.Dela Rosa was asked on Tuesday for his campaign strategy after attending a mass at the Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Quezon City on February 11 which is the start of the campaign period for national candidates.“House to house, kung puwedeng mag-bahay-bahay. Lahat ng, sanay naman tayo sa tokhang di ba?” Dela Rosa said.“Binabahay bahay natin ang mga bahay, kinakatok natin di ba? So puwede rin natin gawin yun.”“Tokhang talaga. Tok, tok hangyo. Knock and plead. Katukin mo yung pintuan ng bahay pag open, kung smiling, you plead. Puwede ba ninyo akong iboto? Pero kung pag-open ng bahay nakasimangot, ay sorry po, sorry po. Alis na ko,” he added.“Kung sinoman yung ayaw ng tokhang, kung ayaw ng tokhang, ayaw talagang boboto sa’kin yan. Pero yung nagustuhan yung tokhang, boboto talaga sa’kin yan.”<div>IMPEACHMENT</div>According to Dela Rosa, he approves of the statement of Senate President Francis Escudero saying the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte may likely happen after the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., in July.“Okay sa’min yan. Walang problema,” Dela Rosa said.“Pabor sa’min dahil we have time to conduct our campaign. Whereas kung bababad kami sa trial, wala kaming panahon para magkampanya.”He said he has not talked to fellow senators about the impeachment and just relies on the wisdom of Escudero.Dela Rosa, an ally of the Vice President, said he is in favor of the impeachment if it will address the problems plaguing the country, but is against it if it will further divide the nation.He believes his ranking in the Senatorial race will not be affected by him being close to the Dutertes.He is also not bothered by the investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the War on Drugs.“Why bother about ICC ipapahuli nila sila ni President Trump doon sa America. Lahat ng nag-facilitate ng pakikialam ng ICC sa mga allied countries ng US ay pinapahuli na, pinapaaresto na nga, pinapakasuhan na nga so why bother about ICC?” Dela Rosa said.<div> </div><div>WEST PHILIPPINE SEA</div>Dela Rosa said he was enraged with China’s continuous aggression, the most recent of which was the monster ship’s presence near the coastline of Zambales.“Bilang Pilipino, galit ako bakit sila nanghihimasok dito sa atin. But what can we do? Giyerahin natin sila? Do you think kaya natin silang giyerahin?,” Dela Rosa said.“I don’t think hindi kaya. Hanap tayo ng paraan ng mixture of pakiusap at hard stance natin na hindi tayo mabubully.”He also called for support for the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).According to Dela Rosa, “What did our legislators do? Instead na suportahan, tinapyasan pa ng 15 billion yung AFP Modernization Program. Saan pinriority ang pera? Pinriority sa mga AKAP, mga AICS, mga ayuda para pag eleksyon.”

“House to house, kung puwedeng mag-bahay-bahay. Lahat ng, sanay naman tayo sa tokhang di ba?” Dela Rosa said.

“House to house, kung puwedeng mag-bahay-bahay. Lahat ng, sanay naman tayo sa tokhang di ba?” Dela Rosa said.