Robin Padilla gets DOJ subpoena over Bato dela Rosa escape

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a subpoena to Senator Robin Padilla in connection with the complaint filed against him by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for obstruction of justice over Senator Ronald Bato Dela Rosa’s departure from the Semate premises amid an ICC warrant against him.

According to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Nimfa Ravello of Super Radyo dzBB, the DOJ subpoenaed Padilla to appear before the panel of prosecutors and to submit his counter-affidavit on September 25, Friday, and October 9, Friday.

In a Facebook post, Padilla said, “A subpoena has arrived.”

The PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed a complaint against Padilla and others in May for allegedly helping Dela Rosa escape.

Dela Rosa is the subject of an arrest warrant for “alleged criminal responsibility as an indirect co-perpetrator” in the crimes against humanity of murder from July 3, 2016, until the end of April 2018, wherein at least 32 persons died.

Authorities attempted to serve the warrant against him on May 11, leading to a chase inside the Senate building. He was later placed under protective custody by the upper chamber and slipped out of the Senate premises on May 14.

He has not appeared in public since.

Padilla, for his part, previously said that he did not help Dela Rosa escape, saying the former police chief only asked to hitch a ride with him out of the Senate building on May 14.

He is also facing an obstruction of justice complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman. –NB, GMA News