00:00Senator Ronald Bato de la Rosa will allow him to remain in the Senate if he is arrested by the International Criminal Court.
00:07According to Senate President Chis Escudero,
00:09Escudero, who played the role of de la Rosa in the war on drugs when he was the chief of the Davao City Police from 2012 to 2013,
00:17and PNP chief from 2016 to 2018,
00:20Escudero said that institutional courtesy is the basis of his commitment to de la Rosa.
00:26Even though his stay in the Senate is not indefinite or unlimited.
00:29It is not based on the law, but based on the so-called institutional courtesy.
00:38The Senate will not allow the arrest of any member of the Senate,
00:45especially if there is a session.
00:48I told him that we will try to afford him every opportunity to avail of legal remedies that he is entitled to.
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