On January 31, 2021, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa told the press that he was optimistic he will soon have a new US visa. A year earlier, he confirmed to the media that his US visa was canceled. Neither he nor the US embassy in Manila said why and when it happened. The senator surmised that his role in Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war may have been the reason behind it.
The cancellation by the United States government of Sen. Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa’s visa is a preview of what’s in store for police officials involved in President Duterte’s brutal drug war that has claimed the lives of at least 20,000 through a reprehensible practice of extrajudicial killing (EJK).
Remember this photo of Senate President Tito Sotto and Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa watching the Las Vegas fight between Senate colleague Manny Pacquiao and American boxer Keith Thurman fight at a theater in Rockwell last July?
Sinabi kamakailan ng kandidato para sa pagkasenador na si Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa na mayroon nang 1.3 milyong mga sumuko sa giyera laban sa droga sa bansa; ang naunang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ay 1.6 milyon.
Sa isang pakikipanayam sa media, dalawang hindi suportadong pahayag tungkol sa kayamanan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte at mga tagasuporta noong eleksyon ng 2016 ang pinakawalan ni dating hepe ng Bureau of Corrections at kandidato sa pagka-senador Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa.
Inulit ang maling pahayag na unang ginawa ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, si Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa naman ang nagbigay ng depinisyon ng extrajudicial killings (EJKs) sa pamamagitan ng di-wastong pag gamit ng administrative order ni Benigno S. Aquino III.
Ang bilang ni Dela Rosa ay hindi tumutugma sa tila mga "tunay na numero" kaugnay ng giyera laban sa droga na inilathala ng mismong PNP, sa sarili nitong website.
On the first day of his presidency, during the turnover of command ceremonies at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, President Duterte boasted that he knows the scalawags in the police service.
