Senator Bato dela Rosa appeals to Senate President Chiz Escudero not to immediately hand him over to authorities if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for him.
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00:00Senator Bato De La Rosa appeals to Senate President Cheese Escudero not to immediately
00:06hand him over to authorities if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for
00:10him.
00:11De La Rosa had said he is ready to be arrested by the ICC, but hopes the Senate will protect
00:15him while Congress is in session, so he can keep doing his legislative work and pursue
00:20his petition in the Supreme Court against the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:24De La Rosa has stayed out of the public eye since rumors about an ICC warrant for Duterte
00:28came up on Saturday, March 8.
00:31When asked, De La Rosa said in a phone interview that he was still in the Philippines campaigning
00:35in the mountains of Surigao and Agusan.
00:37He also says he turned off his cell phone, which is why the media couldn't reach him,
00:41adding that he was focused on the SC petition.
00:44As Duterte's former police chief, De La Rosa had been the chief implementer of the
00:47deadly drug war.
00:49ICC Assistant to Counsel Christina Conti says arrest warrants for De La Rosa and retired
00:53police chief Oscar Albayalde may be issued soon.