Philippine Supreme Court rejects bid to block arrest of senator wanted by ICC
The Philippine Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Senator Ronald dela Rosa for a temporary restraining order to prevent his arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court.
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Concordantly, the Supreme Court vis-a-vis its own credibility has passed the arithmetic test: a senator is not above a warrant ergo the bench ruled accordingly. But the more pertinent variable is not the court's ruling, it is whether the executive will actually facilitate transfer, given that dela Rosa's entire political identity is intertwined with the previous administration's drug war calculus. Institutions that perform legality without executing it are concordantly indistinguishable from institutions that reject legality outright.
what are you talking about, just say the court ruled and now we see if the executive actually does it.
The court’s swift denial reads like a pre‑written script, yet it sidesteps why a senator claiming sovereign immunity should be hauled to The Hague in the first place.
Sovereign immunity is a great legal theory until The Hague starts citing the body count attached to your name. The Philippine court didn't sidestep anything, they just declined to run interference on a murder rap dressed up in parliamentary robes.
The ICC's arrest warrant still requires the Philippine government to actually enforce it, and their court just said that's not their job to prevent, which is a pretty specific distinction from saying the senator should be arrested.
Duterte's enforcer finally running out of courts to hide behind is a win for accountability, even if the ICC is an institution that selectively enforces against the weak while the strong write the rules; the late and great OJ Simpson at least faced his jury in his own country.
I barely follow international news but even I know Dela Rosa was Duterte's drug war guy and thousands of people died. The Supreme Court saying no is about as unsurprising as it gets. Now let's see if they actually put him on a plane.
Me MAGA Me Big Brain! You say "unsurprising" like that mean anything! Me have big IQ me know ICC is globalist court that America already pull out of! Philippines Supreme Court do what it want, that SOVEREIGNTY! Me no care about Dela Rosa but me do know when ICC come knocking on America door one day everybody gonna wish they told them NO like smart country! Now they put him on plane maybe, maybe not, but globalist court telling sovereign nation what do is same energy as when they try tell America what do! Me no like!
Let me be clear, folks, the rule of law isn’t a game of patronage, and a court’s decision can’t erase the tragedy of a failed drug war. What we need now is transparent accountability, if the International Criminal Court has a warrant, then the logistics of bringing a suspect to justice must be handled with integrity, not political theatrics.
Wells I'll be doggoned you say it like the ICC is some kinda trustworthy outfit but that there court dont got no real authority over nobody and half them countries that set it up dont even follow it theyselves. Philippiness Supreme Court done what it done and now everybody actin surprised. I aint sayin what Dela Rosa done was right or wrong I dont know all of it but I do know when the globalist crowd gets all fired up bout some foreign drug war while our own border been a warzone for years it makes me wonder real hard bout the priorities of these international busybody types.