MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A group of Filipinos in the Netherlands called for the arrest of Senator Ronald Dela Rosa so that he could be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC).<\/p>\n
In a statement sent to The Manila Times on Tuesday, Panagutin Network-Netherlands accused the Senate of coddling Dela Rosa, who was tagged as a co-conspirator of former president Rodrigo Duterte in his deadly war on drugs.<\/p>\n
\u201cFilipinos have witnessed the shameful actions extended by the Philippine Senate to protect and coddle Senator Ronald \u2018Bato\u2019 Dela Rosa. The Senate\u2019s move to extend dela Rosa protection and shield him from accountability once again exposes how the political maneuvering among rival political factions come at the expense of the Filipino people,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDela Rosa, who has been absent from Senate proceedings for months, resurfaced only in time to participate in the vote installing Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate President, in a move to ensure a majority of pro-Duterte senators in the house. This blatant act of political accommodation demonstrates how institutions meant to uphold justice are instead being used to protect powerful figures implicated in grave crimes,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
Dela Rosa was among senators who ousted Senate president Vicente Sotto III and installed Cayetano as the chamber\u2019s new leader.<\/p>\n
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