Bato dela Rosa on Bongbong Marcos “Reconciliation” Remarks: ‘Dapat palayasin niya ang ICC investigators’

Sen. Bato dela Rosa Speaks on Pres. Bongbong Marcos Saying He’s Open To Reconcile w/ Duterte Family

BATO DELA ROSA – The Senator reacted to the “reconciliation” remarks of President Bongbong Marcos over the Duterte family.

Sen. Dela Rosa was one of the 2025 Senatorial Election winners proclaimed by the COMELEC (Commission on Elections) last Saturday. He ranked 3rd in the senatorial race wherein he ran as part of the PDP-Laban team of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Vice Pres. Sara Duterte campaigned fervently for the PDP-Laban candidates or the #Duter10 as requested by former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte who is currently detained in The Hague, Netherlands. Here are the election winners:

• Go, Christopher ‘Bong” — 27,121,073 votes
• Aquino, Bam — 20,971,899 votes
• Dela Rosa, Ronald “Bato” — 20,773,946 votes
• Tulfo, Erwin — 17,118,881 votes
• Pangilinan, Kiko — 15,343,229 votes
• Marcoleta, Rodante — 15,250,723 votes
• Lacson, Ping — 15,106,111 votes
• Sotto, Tito — 14,832,996 votes
• Cayetano, Pia — 14,573,430 votes
• Villar, Camille — 13,651,274 votes
• Lapid, Lito — 13,394,102 votes
• Marcos, Imee — 13,339,227 votes

Previously, reelected Sen. Bato dela Rosa credited his high ranking in the 2025 Senatorial Election results to the arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. He is a staunch ally of the former President who is currently detained under the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

According to Sen. Bato dela Rosa, he got “protest votes” from the Filipinos over the arrest of former Pres. Duterte. The reelected Senator has repeatedly claimed that he is the number two (2) person in the ICC list over the war on drugs investigation. He was the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) during Duterte’s term.

The arrest of former Pres. Duterte has caused political turmoil in the Philippine government. Recently, following the elections, Pres. Bongbong Marcos expressed his openness to reconcile with the Duterte family.

Sen. Bato dela Rosa who is close to the Duterte family reacted to the “reconciliation” remarks of Pres. Bongbong Marcos. Based on a post of News5, the reelected Senator said the President should allegedly first deport the ICC investigators back to their country.

“Ang pinakaunang gawin ni Pangulong Marcos dapat, palayasin niya ‘yan, i-deport niya ‘yang ICC investigators na ‘yan na andito ngayon na nananakot sa ating mga kapulisan na magtestigo. ‘Yan ang dapat niyang gawin kung siya ay sinsero sa kanyang reconciliation na hinahangad,” he said.

Following the remarks of the President, Malacañang was quick to clarify that Pres. Bongbong Marcos would allegedly not allow himself to be controlled for “reconciliation”.