00:00The Supreme Court denies Senator Bato De La Rosa's request for a temporary restraining order on the International Criminal Court's
00:07arrest warrant.
00:08The High Court says, quote,
00:09The SC only decided on the prayers for interim relief.
00:12The main issues raised by the parties in their pleadings and motions are yet to be resolved in the main
00:17case.
00:18A denial on the merits would have cleared the roadblock on implementing the ICC warrant.
00:22The ICC pretrial chamber found reasonable grounds that De La Rosa was criminally liable for the alleged killings
00:28under the Davao Death Squad, as well as former President Rodrigo Duterte's War on Drugs.
00:33The Justice Department on May 15 said it would only act on De La Rosa's warrant after all legal issues
00:38have been resolved by the SC.
00:40De La Rosa filed a TRO request with the SC in November 2025 to block his potential arrest,
00:45even before the ICC unsealed and confirmed its warrant on May 11.
00:49When asked if the Marcos administration would implement the warrant now,
00:52Palace Press Officer Claire Castro says the DOJ is the designated agency to respond to such queries.
00:58But DOJ spokesperson Rafael Nicolo Martinez says it is now up to Malacanang to make further pronouncements on the matter.
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