By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — Senator Ronald Dela Rosa on Tuesday (May 7, 2024) dared former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to follow through with the International Criminal Court (ICC) once the arrest warrant was issued.
“Go ahead, make my day, Mr. Trillanes! Sige kang ngalngal [nang] ngalngal dyan ng ICC. Sige – go ahead. Kahit sumama ka pa, mag-serve ng warrant, ikaw mag-posas sa akin,” Dela Rosa said during a press conference.
This was in response to Trillanes’ statement that the ICC would issue a warrant against Duterte and Dela Rosa on the issue of the war on drugs by June or July.
Trillanes mentioned that the warrant might be issued through Interpol.
“Kung idadaan sa Interpol ‘yung warrant of arrest, kahit na hindi tayo miyembro ng ICC pero miyembro tayo ng Interpol. May international agreement tayo,” he said.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. earlier stated that the ICC had no jurisdiction over the Philippines and that his government would not cooperate in its investigation regarding the war on drugs during the previous administration.
(el Amigo/MNM)
