Matibag: No pressure to arrest dela Rosa before Sona; it should be ‘sooner’

MANILA, Philippines — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag on Friday said that they are not instructed to arrest senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa before the fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this year.

He noted that the people’s clamor is to arrest the senator sooner.

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