CIDG chief, Major General Nicholas dela Torre III (Screenshot from livestream)

There's no such thing as a mass resignation of police officers in the aftermath of Rodrigo Duterte's arrest on the order of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Said the police official who had been credited--or scorned, depending on your side of the political fence--for Duterte’s arrest and subsequent turnover to the ICC.

During the House tri-committee (tri-comm) hearing on the spread of fake news on Friday, March 21, Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. asked Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief, Major General Nicholas dela Torre III to clarify the rumor of cops' mass resignation.

The rumor was being propagated by certain pro-Duterte social media personalities and influencers. 

Torre, who was in attendance in the House inquiry as a resource person, essentially said that it was hogwash.

"Well there's really nobody on record who filed their resignation sir, just because of the Duterte arrest," he told Abante. 

"There's none on record right now sir," reiterated Torre.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) helped International Police (Interpol) members serve the ICC arrest warrant against Duterte in Manila last March 11. The ex-president was flown to The Hague--the site of the ICC--that same day.

Torre was front and center in taking the popular Duterte into custody and in subsequently loading him inside the Gulfstream G550 jet that took the latter to The Hague in the Netherlands.

Duterte is being tried for crimes against humanity in connection with his bloody war on drugs.