Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. (MALACAÑANG FILE PHOTO)
MANILA, Philippines — Was the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte a part of the Philippines’ dedication to the Worldwide Felony Police Group (Interpol)?
Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who served as the primary Philippine Nationwide Police chief of the Duterte administration, on Saturday mentioned it’s“b***s**t!”
At a rally on the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila on Saturday to name for the previous president’s launch and repatriation, Dela Rosa cited his expertise as PNP chief from 2016 to 2018.
“[N]growing old Chief PNP ako. Alam ko ano ang papel ng Interpol sa mundo. Huwag niyo ako lokohin. Dedication sa Interpol? Bu**s**t! Presidente ka ng Pilipinas! Magpa-pressure ka sa Interpol?” Dela Rosa mentioned.
(I used to be PNP chief earlier than. I do know the position the Interpol performs on this planet. Don’t idiot me. Dedication to the Interpol? You’re the president of the Philippines! You’ll enable your self to be pressured by the Interpol?)
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. clarified that Duterte’s arrest on Tuesday was carried out out because of the Philippines’ dedication to the Interpol, which helped arrest Filipino fugitives abroad.
“Pero ang lumalabas, mas gigil na gigil at atat na atat sila kaysa Interpol, kaysa ICC. Atat na atat sila na ibyahe si Pangulong Duterte. Bakit? ‘Di ba katungkulan ng ating gobyerno, ayon sa ating Konstitusyon, to serve and shield the Filipino individuals?” the senator added.
(However, it seems they had been rather more keen than the Interpol, than the ICC. They had been dashing to take President Duterte. Why? Isn’t the responsibility of our authorities, in keeping with the Structure, to serve and shield the Filipino individuals?)
One other Duterte ally, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go claimed that the arrest was an affront to the nation’s sovereignty and that native courts had been totally able to dealing with home issues.
International legislation consultants at a College of the Philippines (UP) Faculty of Legislation colloquium, nevertheless, mentioned the ICC arrest and the functioning of the Philippine judicial system weren’t mutually unique.
Duterte was arrested by authorities on Tuesday attributable to a warrant from the ICC.
He was flown out to The Hague, The Netherlands on the identical day to face the worldwide tribunal for crimes towards humanity allegedly dedicated whereas the nation was a member of the ICC from November 2011 to March 2019.
In keeping with the warrant, the case was within the context of the administration’s drug conflict.
Authorities information mentioned Duterte’s bloody anti-narcotics marketing campaign left at the very least 6,000 individuals lifeless, however human rights watchdogs place the loss of life toll between 12,000 and 30,000 from 2016 to 2019.
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The ICC set Duterte’s affirmation of prices listening to on September 23, 2025.