Senate Siege: A Flashpoint for Accountability in the Philippines The Philippine Senate has become an unlikely battleground for accountability.
Gunshots rang out as police and marines attempted to arrest Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former top enforcer of ex President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs," highlighting the deepening crisis of trust between the government and its citizens.
Dela Rosa's impending arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity has set off a chain reaction that threatens to upend the fragile balance of power in the Philippines.