Guam Senators Give Up Invitation for Bato to War on Duterte Drug Administration

President Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine National Police Chief Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa. Several Guam senators have dropped a meeting with Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, former head of the Philippine National Police (PNP), citing his involvement in the brutal war waged by the Duterte drug administration.

reported that Dela Rosa, now Director General of the Bureau of Corrections, was originally invited as a special guest of the candidate for governorship, Senator Dennis Rodriguez Jr.

Dela Rosa, who was to visit the building of the Congress of Guam on June 30th. Rodriguez canceled the visit on Friday night after Senator Telena Nelson criticized Dela Rosa's alleged stop at the legislative building, saying that he would send a "bad message". "

" Law enforcement officials (in) Guam, and around the world, must protect the justice system and not act outside of it, "Nelson quoted Pacific Daily as saying News

"When many human rights organizations allege that thousands of lives were taken without due process, each of us has the obligation to say no – do not to stay there for photos, "added Nelson." Dela Rosa's visit following the Nelson Declaration

Rodríguez however stated that he was canceling the visit because he "refused to submit a President Duterte's best advisers on this kind of treatment. "

Nelson for his position on human rights, before submitting General Dela Rosa, who is our guest, to this kind of treatment. review, we should perhaps look at the human rights violations that occur in We, on which his committee oversees "As PNP leader since Duterte assumed the presidency in July 2016 and until this year, Dela Rosa led the bloody war of the administration.

Local and international human rights organizations have vehemently criticized the controversial campaign, claiming that it had already made thousands of victims

. The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has also launched a preliminary examination of war crimes against drugs . Anthony Q. Esguerra, INQUIRER.net / kga