![]() ![]() (Sir, if you really want to deter us from trafficking drugs, bring back the death penalty.) “Sir, kung gusto ’nyo talagang matakot kami na mag-traffic ng drugs sa Pilipinas, ibalik ’nyo ang death penalty,” the drug convict supposed said to Dela Rosa. That is why cutting telecommunication lines and confiscating mobile phones couldn’t stop the drug trade in the national penitentiary, Dela Rosa said. The senator said a “prominent Chinese convicted drug lord” imprisoned at the New Bilibid Prison told him that only reinstating the death penalty would “truly compel” drug traffickers to stop.Īccording to Dela Rosa, the drug convict said traffickers prefer to “flood” the Philippines with shabu (crystal meth) because they have no death penalty to fear, and they are able to carry on their trade even in prison.īecause the drug convicts retain their right to be visited by their families, they are able to run their drug businesses through their spouses or children, whom they get to speak with regularly, face-to-face. He cited several arrests of drug traffickers in different parts of the country, which he credited to “the highly sensitive intelligence work of the PNP and the PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency), and their close coordination with other law enforcement agencies.” In a privilege speech during the Senate’s session on Wednesday afternoon, Dela Rosa appealed to his fellow senators “at the very least, to deliberate on the issue of the death penalty in the country.” (READ: Death penalty unlikely to hurdle Senate unless limited to drug lords – Sotto)īillions of pesos worth of illegal drugs continue to be smuggled into the Philippines, “demonstrating the callous consciences of drug offenders,” Dela Rosa said. This goes to show that the Philippines is within the axis of the human rights community, he added.īato rejects foreign judges to decide on his alleged human rights violationsSenator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Wednesday, July 29, secured a seat in the Senate committee on justice and human rights, making him eligible to sponsor a bill to reinstate the death penalty.ĭela Rosa, former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), echoed President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent State of the Nation Address in which he urged Congress to restore capital punishment for illegal drug offenses. Tolentino recalled that the Philippines had accommodated White Russians, Jews and Vietnamese. He also said the Philippines is following international treaties as it is accommodating refugees and migrants leaving the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. ![]() Tolentino emphasized that Philippine justice system is functioning. Gascon reiterated that the CHR’s focus is within the Philippine legal framework. ‘’My sense is that the ICC prosecutor would prefer its own investigation,’’ he added. When Senator Francis Tolentino said that the position of Malacanang is that it would not follow an ICC probe, Gascon said it is not clear whether the ICC would seek the cooperation of the CHR or any other Philippine government agency. ‘’Outright dismissal or a statement of non-cooperation (with ICC) does not augur well,’’ he added. Rather than reject an ICC investigation, Gascon advised dela Rosa ‘’that it is better to cooperate (with the ICC).’’ Gascon’s tenure at the CHR ends on May 5, 2022. ‘’No problem, I will support more budget for CHR,’’ del Rosa explained after Gascon complained that the CHR had proposed a P1.6 billion budget for CHR in 2022 but the Department of Budget and Management allotted only P867 million for CHR in the National Expenditure Program (NEP). ‘’What is unique is that you will be sponsoring our budget,’’ Gascon said. ![]() Gascon, CHR commissioner, during the budget hearing. ‘’I am also a human rights advocate for victims of drug criminals,’’ dela Rosa told Jose Luis Martin C. ‘’I would rather have a criminal justice system ran like hell by Filipino judges rather than the criminal justice ran like heaven by foreign justices,’’ dela Rosa said when he, as chairman of the Senate finance sub-committee ‘’C,’’ presided over the proposed 2022 P867 million budget for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR).Īccording to law professor Chel Diokno, if the ICC has sufficient evidence (of human rights violations), it can summon the ‘masterminds’ of the Philippine government’s deadly drug war, including President Duterte and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief and now Senator dela Rosa.ĭela Rosa maintained that he does not close his eyes on human rights violations in the Philippines.Īfter asking aloud whether there is crime against humanity in the country, dela Rosa said: ‘’God is not blind.’’ Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa on Monday September 20 rejected any notion that he should be judged by the Europe-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on alleged human rights violations in the Philippines. ![]()
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