Deport ICC investigators if already here - Bato

Sen. Ronald dela Rosa yesterday called for the deportation of International Criminal Court investigators, if proven that they are already in the Philippins, as he accused the ICC of breaching the country's sovereignty.

-  MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB

He said the Bureau of Immigration (BI) should deport the ICC probers if they are already here and conducting an investigation against him and former president Rodrigo Duterte for the thousands of alleged state-sponsored killings of suspects related to the previous administration's war on drugs.

"If confirmed that they are here and have entered the country without authority from the government, then I will ask the Department of Justice - you do the right thing. That is an encroachment of our sovereignty if they are unauthorized to conduct an investigation here. They should be declared undesirable aliens and deported back to their country," Dela Rosa said in a virtual press briefing.