Duterte Ally Trapped in Philippine Senate Vows to Avoid Arrest

Ronald Dela Rosa speaks to the media at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila, on May 12.

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The Philippine senator who emerged from hiding to cast a key vote in the upper house Monday has vowed to fight any attempt to execute an International Criminal Court arrest warrant over his role in the country’s notorious war on drugs.

“We will exhaust all available legal means so we will not be brought to The Hague,” Ronald Dela Rosa told DZBB radio on Tuesday.