Ex-Philippine leader Duterte's drug war enforcer escapes ICC arrest

His lawyers say they have asked the Supreme Court to block his arrest in the absence of a valid Philippine judicial warrant.Getty ImagesBato dela Rosa served as Rodrigo Duterte's national police chiefOn Tuesday morning, Dela Rosa urged his supporters, who have gathered outside the Senate building, to "keep vigil in front of the Senate until the Supreme Court decides".He also called on Philippine Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who is feuding with the Duterte political dynasty, to file a local case against him if he believed him to be guilty. "If I have an obligation, I will answer it in the local court, not a foreign one," he told reporters. The chaos that has gripped the Senate comes as its 24 members, dominated by Duterte's allies, elected a new president on Monday.The new Senate president, Alan Peter Cayetano, told reporters that the chamber would only act on arrest warrants from a Philippine court.But it is Marcos's allies who control the lower House of Representatives, which earlier in the day voted to impeach Duterte's daughter Sara, the current vice-president, for the second time.