Philippine Senator Seeks Refuge in Senate Amid ICC Drug War Warrant
A Philippine senator faces arrest by the ICC for his role in the former president's drug war and has taken refuge in the Senate. The Senate President stated they would cooperate with an arrest under specific conditions.
A sitting Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court for his role in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war took refuge inside the Senate on Monday to avoid arrest by government agents. Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, the country’s one-time police chief, was under the Senate’s protection “in accordance with our rules and Philippine laws”, newly elected Senate President and Duterte ally Alan Peter Cayetano told reporters. “We will allow an arrest under the condition that it is a...