Dela Rosa learned he is a presidential bet only 2 hours before deadline MANILA, PHILIPPINES - 'I was surprised. Who wouldn’t be? That’s the presidency,' says Senator Bato dela Rosa, presidential bet of the PDP-Laban Cusi faction' He may have balked at the idea that his candidacy for president was a “mockery” of the elections, but Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa himself said he was “surprised” by the turn of events on October 8 and how he ended up as the Cusi-backed PDP-Laban’s standard-bearer. Dela Rosa filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president on Friday, October 8, the last day for filing COCs. He was a buzzer beater. “Tinawagan ako 3 o’ clock in the afternoon na pumunta sa Sofitel para mag-file ng COC. So sabi ko, bakit? Sabi sa akin ng liderato ng PDP-Laban na si Secretary Cusi, ‘Wala na tayong makita na iba na magpapatuloy sa legacy ni President Duterte na maiiwan kung hindi ikaw – ‘yung laban natin sa droga, corruption, insurgency. Lahat lahat, ikaw ang...