Manila, May 17 -- The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) urged the Supreme Court to turn down beleaguered Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa's plea to stop his arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in the Duterte administration's anti-drug campaign.

In an 83-page comment dated May 16, the OSG said the country is committed to international law and to holding those responsible accountable.

"The law was never intended to provide an excuse for evasion, nor to become a weapon wielded only by those with power. It exists so that even the voiceless dead, whose cries never reached a courtroom, are not forgotten by justice. No amount of technical reasoning can disguise the absence of justice," the comment re...