He was among the last few people seen to be with the former police chief-turned-politican before he returned to hiding amid an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
In a post on his Facebook account on Tuesday, September 15, Senator Robin Padilla wrote that “a subpoena has arrived.”
While he did not disclose any specific information regarding the said matter, it was later revealed that the Department of Justice has issued a subpoena to Padilla in relayiontto the complaint filed by the preliminary investigation of the Anti Organized Crime Unit (AOCU)-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).
It was specifically for the senator’s alleged Violation of Section 1, paragraph (c) of the Presidential Decree No. 1829. This is also known as “Obstruction of Apprehension and Prosecution of Criminal Offenders.”
Padilla, along with a certain Ly. Col. Jean Alia Robles, Virgilio Cariño, Jr., and four others, were directed to appear before the Panel of Prosecutors and submit their counter-affidavit, supporting document/s and affidavit/s of witness/es on September 25 and October 9 at the National Prosecution Service’s headquarters.
The complaint draws upon the preliminary investigation of authorities into the fleeing of Senator Ronald Dela Rosa on May 14, 2026 from the Senate building.
That happened hours after the infamous gunfire incident on May 13 and following the unsealing of an arrest warrant against Dela Rosa by the ICC, in connection with his role in the war on drugs by the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, a case where the senator has been tagged as one of the “indirect co-perpetrator.”
Dela Rosa has not yet made any appearance since then.
Although, in an interview last May, Padilla confirmed that a car, which reported to have carried Dela Rosa out of the Senate building, was his. He also noted that he dropped Dela Rosa off in an undisclosed location in Makati City and maintained that he did not know his plans thereon.
