Bato dela Rosa on Joining Duterte's Drug War: "No regrets... You have to be forceful"

Sen. Bato dela Rosa Speaks on Duterte Drug War

BATO DELA ROSA – The Senator claimed that he has no regrets in joining the drug war of the Duterte administration.

The drug war of the Duterte administration is surrounded by several allegations and issues including the deaths linked to the campaign. It is the most popular campaign under the administration of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Even before he became president of the Philippines, Duterte is already vocal about his madness towards drugs. One of the accusations agains the former Chief Executive is that the drug war was allegedly done on a reward system.

Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte denied the reward system allegation over his drug war. According to the former Chief Executive, the cops are not into receiving monetary rewards so he would treat them with food and drinks instead to show his appreciation of their mission accomplished.

Aside from former Pres. Duterte, Senator Bato dela Rosa is also one of the accused in the drug war of the previous administration. He was the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) under the rule of Duterte and the PNP worked closely with the government in the war against drugs.

Previously, amid the accusations, Sen. Dela Rosa expressed an intent to launch a Senate investigation on the Duterte drug war. According to him, he will invite the former President as one of the resource persons and he is confident that he will attend the inquiry.

Dela Rosa stressed that Duterte is more comfortable in the Senate than in the House of Representatives. However, the said target received negative comments from many people. Former Sen. Leila de Lima even cited that the Senator is also one of the accused.

Recently, prior to the Senate probe on the Duterte drug war, Sen. Bato dela Rosa had a pronouncement that he never regretted being part of the war on drugs campaign of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Based on a report on GMA News, he even wants to do it in the same way given the chance.

“No regrets. If you are going to give me the chance to do it again, I will do it again. The same approach,” the Senator said.

According to Sen. Bato dela Rosa, the fight against drugs cannot be fought by simply being decent or “pa-cute-cute lang”. Based on the report, he believes that force is needed. He claimed that he knows the truth and other people cannot make up stories against him.

“You have to be forceful enough to send your message down the spine of these criminals,” Dela Rosa said.

Previously, Sen. Bato dela Rosa claimed that former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will attend the Senate probe on his drug war. The Senate also want to invite the following: