"They want to forcibly bring me to The Hague, to surrender me there, Dela Rosa said later on a Facebook livestream, pleading for public support. He served as police chief under Duterte and is named as a co-perpetrator in a case at the international criminal court (ICC) accusing the former leader of crimes against humanity over his anti-drugs crackdowns, in which thousands of people were killed. The ICC confirmed on Monday night it had issued an arrest warrant for Dela Rosa."
"By evening, barbed wire and riot police surrounded the senate compound. The national union of journalists in the Philippines issued a statement calling for calm, saying media workers had been blocked from leaving or entering the complex. Dela Rosa slept at the senate office overnight after its new president, Alan Peter Cayetano, another Duterte ally, announced it was offering protective custody. Dela Rosa has previously denied any wrongdoing."
"The chaos, which coincided with a vote by the lower house to impeach the vice-president, Sara Duterte, the former president's daughter, capped off a dramatic day in Philippine politics and marked the latest chapter in a bitter power struggle between Sara Duterte and the president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The two leaders were once allies who ran on a joint campaign in the 2022 election. Relations quickly soured, however, and they are now embroiled in a fierce feud that intensified last year when Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila and flown to the ICC in The Hague."
"The court's arrest warrant for Dela Rosa had been issued confidentially in November. Unconfirmed reports of his looming"
Ronald Dela Rosa, a former police chief and ally of Rodrigo Duterte, ran through the Philippine senate complex while government agents pursued him. He later said he feared being forcibly taken to The Hague to surrender to the ICC and asked for public support. The ICC confirmed it issued an arrest warrant for him over alleged crimes against humanity tied to Duterte’s anti-drugs crackdown. Riot police and barbed wire surrounded the senate by evening, and journalists were blocked from entering or leaving. Dela Rosa slept overnight in a senate office under protective custody offered by Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. The events occurred amid political turmoil, including a lower-house vote to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte, and reflected an intensifying power struggle involving Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Duterte family.
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