SA ikalawang manipestasyon ni Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, tinugon ng bagong Senate President na si Alan Peter Cayetano ang manipestasyon ni Senator Rodante Marcoleta at sinabing sumusunod ang motion ni Marcoleta sa mga rule ng Senado, sa Senate Resolution Number 44 at sa mga precedence.
Aniya “The motion is consistent with our rules, is consistent with Senate Resolution Number 44, is consistent with precedence. So is there any objection? If not, the motion is carried.”
Idinagdag pa niya na dahil consistent ito sa mga nakaraang pangyayari, bibigyan ng Senado ng proteksyon si Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa.
“So consistent with past practices, Senator Bato will enjoy the protection of the law and the protection of the Senate in accordance with our rules and with Philippine laws,” dagdag pa niya.
Narito ang paliwanag ni Sen. Marcoleta sa kanyang ikalawang manipestasyon na inilathala ng website ng Senate of the President kahapon, Mayo 11, 2026 matapos na ipakita sa plenaryo ang video kung paano hinabol si Sen Bato ng NBI.
“Mr. President, we have seen it all. I think this is the best evidence that can prove that the good senator, our colleague in this institution, “is being chased by authorities. I’m not sure where they got the authority to chase him and incidentally, I think he’s about to be captured by them for purposes of serving him or rendering him or even surrendering him to the ICC.
“I’d like to ask Mr. President, what is the authority of the National Bureau of Investigation in executing, for example, even if for the sake of an argument that the ICC issued a warrant of arrest against Senator Bato?
“As far as I know, Mr. President, the counterpart of the Interpol, which is the serving arm of the ICC in executing warrants, the Interpol’s counterpart in this country is PCTC, which is the Philippine Center for Transnational Crimes. And I check that it is now under, it used to be under the Office of the President, and under the control and supervision of the Napolcom. But I think it’s now under the control of the DILG.
“So, my question is, how come that the NBI is chasing Senator Bato for an apparent warrant of arrest which the former Senator Trillanes has been showing around that he got a warrant of arrest and he is personally serving it to the Senator. The first question is, is former Senator Trillanes now the sheriff of the ICC? And he has been working with the Interpol, Mr. President? This is all questionable. As I said earlier, Mr. President, this is not only an assault to our colleague, but principally, it is an assault, an insult to this institution. Hindi natin pwedeng palampasin ito, Mr. President. We need to protect the Senator.
“As I said earlier and I manifested that Trillanes himself was a beneficiary of this institution’s security. Humingi po siya ng Senate protective custody nung panahon na kinailangan niya po ito. Ngayon, ironically, he’s the one executing the very act which prevented him from being assaulted at the time.
“Masyado pong nakakabahala na ang nangyayari, Mr. President. I think all these people, I think we can identify all these people in due time. They did not only violate Article 145 of the Revised Penal Code as I earlier manifested. Former Senator Trillanes is even guilty of usurping authority, Mr. President. Hindi natin pwedeng palampasin po ito.
“In the meantime, I’d like to move, Mr. President, that in the light of the recent adoption of the Senate, of Senate Resolution No. 44, I move that Senator Bato be placed under the Senate protective custody, Mr. President, until he is able to get all and exhaust all legal remedies to protect himself. And until this institution is also able to do just the same.
“Mr. President, Article 59 of the Rome Statute is very, very clear. It’s very, very clear. Even for the sake of an argument that there is a valid warrant of arrest against our colleague, Article 59 still states that the person to be arrested must be promptly delivered to a competent judicial authority in order to accomplish at least three things:
- Number one, to identify or to ascertain the identity of the person being arrested.
- Number two, whether the processes, the legal processes have been observed.
- And number three, whether or not his rights were protected.
“This is very, very important for purposes of protecting the due process and the rule of law, which our colleague can avail, Mr. President.”
Ang dating senador na si Antonio Trillanes IV, na nagsampa ng reklamo sa International Criminal Court (ICC) noong 2017, ay nasa Senado nitong Lunes kasama ang mga ahente ng NBI na naroon upang arestuhin si dela Rosa, at sinabing mayroon siyang opisyal na warrant of arrest ng ICC para sa senador.