Bato opposes opening Senate drug probe transcript to public

Sen. Ronald dela Rosa has opposed the move of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee to make public the transcript of its drug war investigation, where former president Rodrigo Duterte admitted to having a death squad.

- MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB

The senator said he would question the directive of Senate President Francis Escudero to make the drug war hearing records public, even to prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

"That depends on the Senate leadership. But if they submit the records to the ICC, I will try to ask him: why are you submitting to the ICC when we do not recognize its jurisdiction?" Dela Rosa said in a press briefing at the Senate yesterday.

Dela Rosa renewed his opposition to participating in ICC proceedings investigating Duterte and the former top cop for crimes against humanity.