SENATOR BATO DE la Rosa has always claimed no regrets or remorse on his primary role on ICC jailbird Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s “War on Drugs, Operation Tokhang, Operation Double Barrel.”
That is, from 2011 to 2019, when his idol, the current ICC jailbird, was Davao city mayor, and was president until 2019 — causing the extra-judicial killings (EJKs) of about, or more than, 30,000 Filipinos, youths included.
And as even a baby was killed during such bloody operations, Sen. Bato de la Rosa commented without batting an eyelash, “Shit happens!”
PROTECTING A SENATOR?
Just lately, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla announced that “ICC NAGLABAS NA NG ARRESTWARRANT VS. SEN. BATO DELA ROSA.” (DZRH NEWS) A surprise: Sunday INQUIRER headlined, “BERSAMIN ON ICC ARREST OF BATO: NOT SO FAST.”
His reason: the former PNP chief “won’t be joining Duterte in an ICC detention facility in the Hague, the Netherlands, anytime soon.”
His reason: the Supreme Court requires “a prior resort to a court before the person subject of extradition may be brought out of the country.”
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto, on the possible arrest of Sen. Bato dela Rosa, said that “to preserve the dignity of the Senate, and as a matter of institutional courtesy, we cannot allow any senator to be arrested in the Senate premises.”
Are they protecting a criminal from joining the ICC jailbird?
‘Justice is the bedrock of a democratic government. The people’s rights to enjoy having decent fairly-paid jobs can serve as the THE foundation, for a just and humane giveaway that a government leadership, upon assumption of a position of public trust, must forthwith work on and establish for the people.’
MARCHING ORDER
Every Filipino concerned about how the country is faring in terms of social justice, or how plain justice is served, human rights protection, and how theBongbong-Sarah partnership have been leading the country, cannot help shaking his/her head, and saying “My God, can’t they see that their mandate, according to the Philippine Constitution, is not to steal the people’s money and enjoy political/economic powerexclusively for their families, but to build a just and humane society!”
This mandate, in fact, has been the marching order toall government officials — the Senators, Congressmen, Cabinet Secretaries, Judges, Supreme Court Justices,LGU officials from the Governor down to the barangay councilors, as well as the AFP and PNP officers andtheir ground personnel nationwide.
CLAMOR FOR JUSTICE
In this regard, the Filipino people, most especially the families of the victims (of the Digong-Bato brutal “War on Drugs”) and the street parliamentarians, have been clamoring for justice and good governance since 2016.
They are praying for deliverance from oppression,violations of human rights, high prices of basic food items, drug lords on the loose, corruption in the DPWH and other government institutions, joblessness, unfair wages, defective educational system, weak healthcare programs, ineffective response to China’s encroachment on the country’s sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, and various gross injusticesunaddressed by the Bongbong Marcos/Sarah Duterte administration.
Justice is the bedrock of a democratic government. The people’s rights to enjoy having decent fairly-paid jobs can serve as the THE foundation, for a just and humane giveaway that a government leadership, upon assumption of a position of public trust, must forthwithwork on and establish for the people.
GOVERNANCE IQ
With every working-age Filipino earning from his/her own livelihood or decent job, given a responsive andpolitically/economically stable government, he/she becomes an active productive member of society.
He/she is able then to enjoy a decent life with his own home, even perhaps a plot of land, able to support the education of his/her kids, including their health-needs, and other amenities of life.
In fact, enjoying a stable homelife, he/she is able to even have time to help others-in-need within his/her sphere of influence. Question: “Does Marcos-Duterte team have any governance IQ, for justice’ sake, to put Bato in jail?”