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00:00Senator Bato de la Rosa will be allowed to remain in the Senate even if he is arrested by the International Criminal Court,
00:07according to Senate President Chief Escudero.
00:10Watch out for Mahab Gonzalez.
00:15Senator Bato de la Rosa said last week that even if there is an arrest warrant issued against him
00:21for crimes against humanity due to the drug war of the Duterte administration,
00:26First of course, I will be able to protect the Senate.
00:29Under the 1987 Constitution, a senator or congressman cannot be arrested
00:34for cases of not more than 6 years in prison while the Congress is in session.
00:40Senate President Chief Escudero also mentioned this when asked if De la Rosa will be allowed to remain in the Senate.
00:47It's not for me to stop Senator Bato from coming here. That's his decision.
00:52But until then, it will be clear what the court will do
00:58regarding his avail of his judicial remedies.
01:04It's not based on the law, but based on the so-called institutional courtesy.
01:10The Senate will not allow the arrest of any member of the Senate,
01:17especially if there is a session.
01:20This happened when Senator Laila de Lima was arrested in 2017
01:25for sleeping in the Senate for a day even though he pleaded guilty.
01:30The Senate also promised in 2014 that it will not allow the arrest of former Senators Juan Ponce Enrile,
01:36Senators Gingoy Estrada, and Senator Bong Revilla
01:39even though they pleaded guilty and did not plead guilty to the Senate.
01:43The past Senate Presidents did not set a time limit.
01:47But it's clear that the Senate will not remain unlimited.
01:51It's not for a long time.
01:53As long as there is enough time for his judicial remedies to be cleared.
02:03It's not unreasonable.
02:05There are situations where the Senator himself accused himself
02:09a day, 3 days, 5 days, 1 week, 25 days ago.
02:15Dela Rosa was mentioned several times in the ICC Prosecution's Urgent Application
02:19for the Warrant of Arrest against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
02:23When he became the chief of Davao City Police in 2012,
02:26Dela Rosa implemented the Tukhang,
02:29where some of the accused were put on the drug watch list and were eventually killed.
02:35In the Davao Strategy, the Project Double Barrel was approved,
02:39which was launched when Dela Rosa became the chief of the PNP.
02:42According to the document, more people were killed.
02:45It was endorsed by the administration and included in the accomplishments
02:49that were published to the public.
02:51Dela Rosa also mentioned a case of drug addicts in Bacolod
02:55who called on their drug lords to kill them and burn their houses.
02:59When the time comes for the Warrant of Arrest,
03:06I will be arrested by the PNP.
03:09This is all I can say to you.
03:12This is all I can say to you.
03:14Everything they do is illegal.
03:17According to the PNP, they have not yet monitored a new Warrant of Arrest from the ICC.
03:22When it comes to the procedure of the Warrant of Arrest,
03:25if it's possible, let's not talk about it.
03:28What I'm saying is the commitment of the Philippines
03:34to serve the Warrant of Arrest,
03:37even if the Interpol asks for it.
03:40Sir, so in theory, if I'm the arresting officer,
03:43I'll just wait for him at the gate of the Senate?
03:45It's not for me to dictate to them what to do and what not to do.
03:50But that is theoretically possible?
03:52Again, within the premises of the Senate.
03:55Outside the gate?
03:56Outside the Senate.
03:58For GMA Integrated News, I'm Mav Gonzalez, your witness.
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