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'Hindi ba siya nahihiya?': Ombudsman says ex-top law enforcer Bato now 'running from the law'

Published May 24, 2026 10:42 am  |  Updated May 24, 2026 01:53 pm
(Photo: Ronald Bato Dela Rosa Facebook page)
(Photo: Ronald Bato Dela Rosa Facebook page)
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said the current predicament of Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is very ironic, as he used to be the top cop who enforced the law, and now he appears to be running away from it as he seems to be evading arrest over the warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“Imagine, ‘no, dating chief of PNP ‘yon, tumatakbo sa batas. Hindi ba siya nahihiya (Imagine that, he was once the chief of the PNP, and now he’s running from the law. Isn’t he ashamed)?” he said during a DZRH interview on Saturday, May 23.
“Ordinary citizen ka, isipin mo, chief of PNP na dati kayong nagpapatupad ng batas, ngayon tumatakbo ka sa batas (If you’re an ordinary citizen, just imagine it — you were once the chief of the PNP, someone who used to enforce the law, and now you’re running from the law),” he went on.
Remulla advised Dela Rosa not to run away from the law, saying he should face the accusations against him instead of avoiding them, as the public elected him to confront problems and not flee from them.
“‘Wag ka tumakbo. Harapin mo! Nilagay ka ng taumbayan dyan para harapin ang problema, hindi para takbuhan. Kung tatakbuhan mo ang problema, ‘wag ka na pumunta sa Senado (Don’t run away. Face it! The people put you there to confront problems, not to run from them. If you’re going to run away from problems, then you shouldn’t have gone to the Senate in the first place),” he said.
Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered all law enforcement agencies, including the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), to implement the arrest warrant issued by the ICC against Dela Rosa over crimes against humanity linked to the previous administration’s bloody drug war. 
DOJ Secretary Fredderick Vida issued the directive a day after the Supreme Court denied Dela Rosa’s plea to intervene in the implementation of the ICC warrant.
 On May 11, after he was allegedly pursued by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents upon arriving at the Senate, he was taken into the Senate’s protective custody.
Dela Rosa left the Senate complex early Thursday, May 14, after spending several days inside the premises amid fears of arrest over the warrant issued by the ICC. His departure came hours after confusion and gunfire erupted between Senate security personnel and agents of the NBI.
The ICC Prosecutor said the warrant of arrest was first issued under seal on Nov. 6, 2025, days after the Office submitted its application on Nov. 3, 2025. 
The warrant has already been conveyed to the appropriate Philippine authorities, per the prosecutor’s office.

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