
Upon his retirement from the police force, Dela Rosa was appointed to the Bureau of Corrections before he ran for a Senate seat in 2019. as their vice presidential bet.ĭela Rosa is a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1986 and was Duterte’s first choice to lead the Philippine National Police and the “war on drugs” – among Duterte’s core promises during the 2016 campaign. Kahapon, July 5, 2022, ibinahagi ni Senator Bato sa kanyang personal Facebook account ang larawan niyang may suot na Seiko watch na kamukhang-kamukha ng Patek Philippe x Tiffany & Co. He served under the Duterte administration as the chief of the Philippine National Police from July 1, 2016, to April 19, 2018, and Director General of the. Nagsalita na si Senator Ronald Bato dela Rosa tungkol sa isyung nagmamay-ari umano siya ng mamahaling relo. She was also adopted by the party of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Ronald Marapon dela Rosa (born January 21, 1962), also known as Bato, is a Filipino politician and retired police officer who is currently serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2019. In this very candid interview, senatorial candidate Bato dela Rosa shares his views on the controversial war on drugs, death penalty for politicians. Sara has since filed her candidacy as the vice presidential candidate of Lakas-CMD. While Dela Rosa refused to divulge the details of that meeting, he said he was “hopeful” Sara would still consider a presidential run. ( WATCH: Bato dela Rosa as a placeholder? ‘Do I look like a mockery to you?’)ĭela Rosa on October 25 met with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, in an apparent effort to convince her to take his place. The first-term senator had always insisted that he was serious about gunning for the presidency but constantly made it a point to say that he was more than willing to slide down for an administration bet with better winnability.


The former national police chief only found out that he would be fielded for president two hours before the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy on October 8. “That it part of the decision of the party, to withdraw,” Dela Rosa told reporters before he filed his withdrawal.ĭela Rosa was the surprise and last-minute presidential bet of the PDP-Laban faction backed by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a chance interview with reporters at Comelec, Dela Rosa said it was a “party decision” for him to back out as presidential candidate. He was supposed to be the standard-bearer of the Cusi-led faction in PDP-Laban in the 2022 polls.

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa officially withdrew his candidacy for president on Saturday, November 13.ĭela Rosa himself went to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office to withdraw his candidacy for president.
