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<p>MANILA — Sen. Robinhood Padilla said he dropped off Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa in Makati after their exit from the Senate, hours after gunfire rocked its premises on May 13. </p><p>Padilla said none of the numerous police officers and security personnel at the Senate blocked their departure from the Senate before dawn of May 14.  </p><p>“Paano kami tatakas? Ang daming pulis sa loob at labas ng Senado, may CCTV pa. Wala namang humarang sa amin,” Padilla told Net 25, as quoted by his office in a press release. </p><p>“Ayon mismo sa Senate President, wala ring local warrant. Kaya very relaxed kami,” he added. </p><p>Padilla said that before he left the Senate, he informed Dela Rosa that he needed to go home because his wife was already looking for him. </p><p>“Ang sabi ni Sen. Bato, ‘Sasabay na ko.’ Alangan naming tanggihan ko yun? Walang sasakyan si Sen. Bato dahil inihatid lang sya sa Senado ng sasakyan ni Senador Alan Peter Cayetano,” Padilla said. </p><div><a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/news/nation/2026/5/20/cctv-shows-dela-rosa-padilla-leaving-senate-after-may-13-gunfire-1353">CCTV shows Dela Rosa, Padilla leaving Senate after May 13 gunfire</a></div><p>Dela Rosa later went down in Makati where his own vehicle picked him up, according to the press release from Padilla’s office. </p><p>Padilla said he did not ask Dela Rosa where he was headed afterward.</p><p>Dela Rosa, who served as the national police chief, was the enforcer of the drug war that killed thousands of people in the Philippines.</p><p>The ICC last week unsealed an arrest warrant against Dela Rosa, accused along with Duterte and other &quot;co-perpetrators&quot; of the crime against humanity of murder. </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>On Wednesday, the Supreme Court&#x27;s interim ruling denied Dela Rosa’s bid for a temporary restraining order, which meant the<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/21/vida-pnp-nbi-now-tasked-to-effect-arrest-of-dela-rosa-1242"> ICC arrest warrant can now be enforced</a>, the justice department said.    </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/22/pnp-deploys-tracker-teams-to-arrest-dela-rosa-0939">PNP deploys tracker teams to arrest Dela Rosa </a></div><p>His lawyer said Wednesday he will appeal the Supreme Court ruling.</p><p>Padilla, meanwhile, rejected the justice department’s <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/21/vida-pnp-nbi-now-tasked-to-effect-arrest-of-dela-rosa-1242">“fugitive” tag on Dela Rosa.</a></p><p>“Para sa akin, hindi siya fugitive. Hindi ko matanggap na basta na lang natin tatawaging ganoon dahil sinabi ng dayuhan. Kailangan din nating igalang ang sarili nating proseso bilang bansa,” Padilla said.  </p><p>Dela Rosa served as national police chief from 2016 to 2018 during the early phase of then president Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s anti-drug campaign and was elected to two successive six-year terms in the Senate after retiring from the force.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/12/-they-want-us-to-vanish-bato-blames-duterte-critics-for-icc-arrest-warrant-1309">&#x27;They want us to vanish&#x27;: Bato says ICC arrest warrant based on ‘fabrication’ by Duterte critics </a></div><p>Duterte was arrested last year and is awaiting trial by the ICC in The Hague on charges stemming from the drug crackdown.</p><p>The drug war left thousands of people dead, mostly drug users and low-level traffickers from urban slums according to human rights monitors.</p><p>Philippine police say more than 6,000 drug suspects were killed in legitimate police operations during the Duterte presidency in 2016-2022.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/21/rodrigo-duterte-under-cell-monitoring-due-to-rare-occasions-of-fall-icc-registry-1435">ICC Registry says Duterte’s falls were ‘rare occasions,’ disputes defense claim of ‘frequent episodes’ </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/21/icc-judges-reject-defense-request-to-leave-to-appeal-decision-confirming-charges-in-duterte-case-2226">ICC judges reject defense plea to appeal decision confirming charges vs Duterte </a></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/X54jeG2qNEY?&amp;t=1s&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/z9QavpYgn58?&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/IT__LW5hnsk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sen. Robinhood Padilla said he dropped off Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa in Makati after their exit from the Senate, hours after gunfire rocked its premises on May 13.</p>

Sen. Robinhood Padilla said he dropped off Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa in Makati after their exit from the Senate, hours after gunfire rocked its premises on May 13.

‘Wala namang humarang sa amin’: Padilla says Dela Rosa dropped off in Makati after Senate exit

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‘Wala namang humarang sa amin’: Padilla says Dela Rosa dropped off in Makati after Senate exit

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News,

Agence France-Presse,

Published May 22, 2026 10:15 AM PHT

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Updated May 22, 2026 10:32 AM PHT

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