MANILA PHILIPPINES – Senator Bato Dela Rosa will seek Supreme Court’s (SC) help to thward any move by the Marcos administration to help enforce the arrest warrant of the International Criminal
Court (ICC).
Dela Rosa said this is their last resort once the ICC issues the warrant of arrest and if the government agencies will participate despite lack of jurisdiction.
He said that he had not yet talked to Senate President Chiz Escudero not yet discussed the alleged issue of arrest warrant in September.
Dela Rosa served as the Philippine National Police Chief during the brutal war on drugs campign of the Duterte Administration on 2016.
In this regard, the senator is said not worried about the possible threat in the event that the ICC arrest order is served on him.
He said who will serve the warrant on him when the ICC has no jurisdiction in the country which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. first emphasized that it will not recognize the ICC.
The lawmaker insisted, he should not waste time with the ICC because it is out of his control and
he will only lose if he continues to worry about the appearance of the arrest warrant.
The former PNP Chief assured that he is ready to appear if it comes to the point that an arrest warrant will be served on him.