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Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa speaks to members of the media outside his office at the Philippine Senate on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, a day after the International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant for him in relation to the crime against humanity case filed against the senator. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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SEN BATO DELA ROSA

Jervis Manahan

Allison Co

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — CCTV footage obtained Wednesday showed Sen. Bato dela Rosa exited the Senate with Sen. Robinhood Padilla hours after a May 13 gunfire rocked the premises.</p><p>Dela Rosa was seen in a jacket and a cap, accompanied by Padilla on his way out. </p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=317&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1145753244373236%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="317" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><br/></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>In a separate clip, a white Toyota Fortuner was seen driving out of the building. The vehicle is registered under Padilla, officials said on Tuesday. </p><p>&quot;This is the picture of the vehicle leaving, a Fortuner that belongs to Senator Robinhood Padilla. This is the picture of Bato during all the chaos but the last video… the last video please, that is them getting away,&quot; Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said in a Palace briefing.</p><p>Dela Rosa and Padilla exited the Senate building several hours after gunfire erupted in the Senate.</p><p>&quot;The timeline is May 14 already at about 2:30 A.M. It shows the white Fortuner and personalities going out from the Senate particularly makita natin doon ang Senator Bato and Senator Padilla and going to the vehicle na Fortuner,&quot; Philippine National Police Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr said. </p><p>The videos were part of the evidence submitted by the PNP to the Department of Justice for further investigation.</p><p>Dela Rosa had sought refuge at the Senate to evade an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for over alleged crimes against humanity linked to the drug war that he oversaw as former president Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s police chief. </p><p>On May 13, Senate security personnel and a National Bureau of Investigation employee both fired into the air during a tense confrontation at the Senate complex, forcing legislators to take cover inside their offices.</p><p>Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said Dela Rosa&#x27;s disappearance was discovered shortly after police announced Thursday the arrest of a person in connection the gunfire.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/19/pnp-links-padilla-vehicle-to-dela-rosa-s-senate-exit-1820">PNP links Padilla vehicle to Dela Rosa&#x27;s Senate exit </a></div><p>Padilla<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/18/did-robin-padilla-help-bato-leave-senate-2030"> refused on Monday to answer</a> if he helped Dela Rosa leave the Senate premises. </p><p>&quot;Ako ay humihingi ng paumanhin sa inyo na hindi ko &#x27;yan masasagot sapagkat ito ay naging opisyal nang imbestigasyon. Kaya ang pinakamaganda dito ay ako ay makapaghayag muna kung sino man ang aatasan ng gobyerno na mag-imbestiga,&quot; Padilla said in an interview with TV Patrol.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/18/padilla-mum-on-dela-rosa-s-senate-exit-1621">Dela Rosa hiding from ‘kidnapper’ — Padilla </a></div><p>Remulla noted that before the gunfire, Dela Rosa was under the protective custody of the Senate.  </p><p>This meant that the Senate should have been ready to surrender Dela Rosa once there is no longer any legal impediment to his arrest, Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida said.  </p><p>&quot;Sa simpleng pagkakaintindi po namin, noong sinabing nasa protective custody nila, nasa kanila si Senator Bato kaya pag wala na yung legal impediment to serving the warrant, dapat &#x27;pag hiningi sa kanila ng Department of Justice, ready dapat ang Senado i-turn over si Senator Bato,&quot; he said. </p><p>Asked what would happen if the Senate failed to do so, Vida said, &quot;Then that&#x27;s something we need to decide at that moment. I don&#x27;t want to preclude yung legal options ng Department of Justice.&quot;  </p><p>Dela Rosa was the national police chief from 2016-2018 during the first two years of then president Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s anti-narcotics crackdown that killed thousands and now faces ICC allegations.</p><p>Duterte was arrested in March last year over an ICC case stemming from drug war killings and flown to the Netherlands, where he is being held in The Hague awaiting trial.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/19/australian-lawyer-kate-gibson-joins-duterte-s-icc-defense-team-1935">Australian lawyer Kate Gibson joins Duterte&#x27;s ICC defense team </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/19/icc-prosecution-eyes-20-30-witnesses-to-testify-orally-in-duterte-trial-1445">ICC prosecution eyes 20-30 witnesses to testify orally in Duterte trial; Over 13,000 evidence still pending review</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>ICC WARRANT </strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Meanwhile, legal experts said the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Dela Rosa is valid and does not diminish the country’s sovereignty.</p><p>“‘Yung arrest warrant na in-issue ng ICC ay valid under international law. Since ang international law ay bahagi ng ating mga umiiral na batas under the doctrine of incorporation, therefore, yung basis ng validity ng arrest warrant ay base sa international law na kailangang ipatupad sa ating territory under the doctrine of incorporation,” Adonis Gabriel said.</p><p>Ma. Soledad Deriquito-Mawis added that the country is not bound solely by Philippine laws, and that complying with international law should not be viewed as surrendering sovereignty.</p><p>“Ang napansin ko lang kasi, karamihan, pag pinag-uusapan niya, it&#x27;s always we are surrendering our sovereignty. Yung laging sinasabi na pag sinasabi na kung valid pwedeng aristuhin ang warrant of arrest ng ICC ay parang pag-surrender ng sovereignty ng ating bansa,” she said.</p><p>“Ang hindi natin dapat kalimutan at dapat natin tanggapin, ang ating batas ay hindi lamang yung Philippine laws, meron tayong tinatawag na international laws… And that should not just be taken aside or be considered as or interpreted as surrendering one&#x27;s sovereignty,” she added. </p><p>Quoting former US President John F. Kennedy, Deriquito-Mawis said, “Today, no nation can define its destiny alone,” underscoring the importance of adhering to international agreements.</p><p>“Dahil tayo po ay nasa isang mundo na interconnected dahil sa teknolohiya at dahil din po sa mga pasilidad, hindi natin ma-isolate yung bansa natin sa mga kaganapan sa buong mundo,” she added.</p><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse </strong></div><div><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/N0y-AXUd67k?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><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/5h31hnHrM4s?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><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/3oEA5QmOenI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>CCTV footage obtained Wednesday showed Sen. Bato dela Rosa exited the Senate with Sen. Robinhood Padilla hours after a May 13 gunfire rocked the premises.</p>

CCTV footage obtained Wednesday showed Sen. Bato dela Rosa exited the Senate with Sen. Robinhood Padilla hours after a May 13 gunfire rocked the premises.

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CCTV shows Dela Rosa, Padilla leaving Senate after May 13 gunfire

Jervis Manahan,

Allison Co,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 20, 2026 01:53 PM PHT

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Updated May 20, 2026 02:13 PM PHT

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