![]() ![]() ICC appeals chamber rejects PH request to stop drug war probe.SolGen says no final ICC decision yet on Manila’s request to suspend drug war probeīut the venue for the possible confrontation is not in The Netherlands but at the Philippine Senate's justice and human rights panel, which is poised to investigate the war on drugs issue “in defense of” Duterte.He and fellow Senator Robin Padilla on Thursday said they are both looking forward to a possible face-off with ICC officials in relation to the Duterte administration’s bloody drug war. Francis Tolentino to be his legal counsel in the event that the ICC probe becomes a full-blown case.īut Dela Rosa added that he is confident that the complaint before the ICC will not succeed to the point of him getting arrested. Sabi nya, kuwan, ‘kahit isang buhok mo, hindi mahahawakan ng ICC.' Kahit daw wala akong buhok ha?” a giggling Dela Rosa said.ĭuring his stint as Chief of the Philippine National Police, Dela Rosa spearheaded the bloody ‘war on drugs’ of former President Rodrigo Duterte.ĭela Rosa admitted that he already requested his colleague Sen. “May mga free time kami at napag-uusapan namin yan. “The BJMP may be charged with the handling of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL), but it is the humble opinion of this representation, that the liberty to manage our jails must be given to them, fully and without exemption, in accordance with the law,” the lawmaker reiterated.MANILA (UPDATE)-Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he is holding on to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.'s "promise" that he will not be arrested in connection with the probe of the International Criminal Court (ICC). “Thus, as we aim to transfer the jurisdiction of our provincial and sub-provincial jails from the provincial government to the BJMP, the task precisely is to translate synergy into law,” he stressed. Under the proposed law, the former top cop also said there will be a three-year transition period to enable the upgrades and provide provincial jails, including city and municipal jails, sufficient time to comply with cleanliness, sanitation requirements, equipment and property requirements.ĭuring this transition period, he said the provincial government will continue to provide for the subsistence allowance of inmates, as well as for the maintenance of the jail facility. “No one will be left behind, that is the assurance I will give,” he added. “Those employees who, at the time of transfer, already reach the mandatory retirement age of the BJMP, we shall encourage the Provincial Government to absorb them under their employ,” dela Rosa said. Hindi po natin babaliwalain ang kanilang mga naging serbisyo sa provincial jails sa ilalim ng kanilang provincial government (We will not disregard their service in the provincial jails rendered under their provincial government),” he said. “For purposes of computation of their retirement and pension benefits, their services rendered prior to the enactment of the measure shall be included. While there are questions regarding the transition, the lawmaker said the bill seeks to address this by ensuring that the employees of existing provincia and sub-provincial jails are absorbed by the BJMP, subject to existing qualification standards. Moreover, dela Rosa said most of the provincial governments in the country are pushing for the enactment of this measure and are willing to transfer the current provincial jail properties in accordance with existing laws. By turning over the provincial and sub-provincial jails under the jurisdiction of the BJMP, we shall be giving more freedom to our Provincial Governments to direct their resources in accordance to their respective priorities,” he said. “And while this is noble of them, we also wish that they may utilize their resources more fully, in ways that will be more productive for them. They are willing to transfer the current provincial jail properties in accordance with the existing laws,” the senator pointed out.įurthermore, the former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, stressed the need for jail integration and to ease provincial governments of this responsibility, noting that since 1990, they have been meeting this challenge head on. “Most of the provincial governments in our country are pushing for the enactment of this measure. “By turning over the provincial and sub-provincial jails under the jurisdiction of the BJMP, we shall be giving more freedom to our provincial governments to direct their resources in accordance with their respective priorities,” Dela Rosa said in his sponsorship speech of Senate Bill No. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB Photo) This, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said, will happen once the proposed Jail Integration Act is enacted into law. Provincial and sub-provincial jails would soon be under the management of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). ![]()
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