Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa reacts during a Senate plenary session on the third day of his holed up in the Senate building in Manila on May 13, 2026. Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief drug war enforcer urged the military on May 13 to stop government attempts to arrest and fly him to the Netherlands to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. vowed “no special treatment” for Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, a former PNP chief and a fellow Philippine Military Academy (PMA) graduate.
Dela Rosa is the subject of an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant seeking his arrest in connection with its investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
However, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla, whose department oversees the PNP, said local authorities can only enforce the ICC warrant if coursed through the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
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