The news that just broke has sent an absolute shockwave through the nation, a political earthquake so sudden and so stunning that no one knows where the fault lines will crack next. This is it. This is the “malaking laglagan”—the big takedown, the great fall—that everyone has been waiting for. The question isn’t just what happened, but why it happened now, and who was pulling the strings in the shadows.

The man at the center of this firestorm? None other than Senator Bato dela Rosa, the former top cop, the formidable face of the opposition’s investigative arm. In a move that has left the political world reeling, Senator dela Rosa has just resigned as the chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Substances.

This was not a retirement. This was not a graceful exit. This was, by all accounts, a public and political execution.

This is the “pasabog,” the bombshell, that has confirmed what many have been whispering for weeks: the investigation is dead, and the investigator has been sacrificed. The question is: “Deserve ba?” Was this a deserved end for a political witch hunt, or is there something far deeper, a “lihim na kasunduan” (a secret agreement), that sealed his fate?

To understand the sheer magnitude of this “humiliation,” you must first understand the reason for it. Senator dela Rosa didn’t just resign out of the blue. He was forced to. He “bumitaw” (let go) of his chairmanship after one of the most embarrassing political defeats in recent memory.

For months, dela Rosa had been the lead inquisitor in the explosive “PDEA leaks” investigation, a probe that allegedly possessed evidence linking President Marcos himself to illicit activities. It was the opposition’s silver bullet, the one investigation that could, they believed, change everything. Senator dela Rosa poured everything into it, crafting a committee report that he believed would be his crowning achievement, a document that would expose the truth.

And then, it was time for his colleagues, his fellow senators, to show their support. It was time for them to sign the report and validate his findings.

And they refused.

In a “malaking sampal” (a massive slap in the face) that echoed through the halls of the Senate, the report failed. It didn’t just fail to get a majority; it failed to get even the minimum number of signatures required to move forward. His own colleagues, the very people he sat with every day, turned their backs on him and his investigation.

The report was dead on arrival. The investigation was over. And Bato dela Rosa was left holding the bag, publicly and completely humiliated.

This is the “laglagan.” This is the great takedown. And the questions are now swirling at a fever pitch. Why did this happen? Was this just a case of “kinulang” (lacking) support? Was his investigation simply too weak, too full of holes, for any credible senator to attach their name to it?

Or was this something far more sinister? Was this a betrayal?

The vlogger analyzing this bombshell event put it plainly: “Parang iniwan siya sa ere.” It’s like he was left hanging.

This theory suggests that dela Rosa was a pawn in a much larger game. He was the attack dog, unleashed by his political masters to go after the president. But when the political winds shifted, when the investigation failed to gain public traction and instead started to look like pure “pamumulitika” (politicking), his own allies cut the leash. They sacrificed him. They threw him under the bus to save themselves, to distance themselves from his public failure. He was no longer useful, so he was discarded.

But there is another theory, a darker one, that speaks to the “K0 L0NG NA?” (collusion?) title of the video. This theory isn’t just about betrayal; it’s about a secret, back-room deal.

Was this a “lihim na kasunduan” (secret agreement) between Malacañang and key senators? Is it possible that the administration, desperate to kill the “PDEA leaks” investigation once and for all, struck a deal? Perhaps the administration offered something—support, funding, political favors—in exchange for a simple, quiet act: “Do not sign Bato’s report.”

If this theory is true, it is a political masterstroke. The administration didn’t have to fight the report in public. They didn’t have to dignify it with a defense. They simply had to ensure it never saw the light of day. They choked it in its cradle by ensuring Bato’s own colleagues would be the ones to kill it.

This would make Bato dela Rosa not just a failed investigator, but the “sacrificial lamb” in a grand political bargain he never even saw coming.

This, the vlogger claims, is the “big takedown” everyone was really waiting for. For weeks, the public has been watching this investigation, with many seeing it as nothing more than a desperate, politically motivated smear campaign. They were waiting for it to fail, for the people behind it to finally get their comeuppance.

And now, it has happened. This is the “deserve” moment.

The resignation of Senator dela Rosa is the final nail in the coffin. It is a “total defeat” for the Duterte camp (“DDS”) and a “major victory” for the Marcos administration. It proves, as the vlogger claims, that the entire investigation was “mabubulok” (going to rot) from the very beginning.

The great “PDEA leaks” saga is over. The allegations will now fade into the noise. And Senator Bato dela Rosa, the once-feared general, the powerful committee chairman, is now politically neutered.

The final, humiliating question is the one the vlogger leaves hanging in the air: “Anong gagawin ngayon ni Bato? Iiyak na lang ba?”

“What will Bato do now? Will he just cry?”

The takedown is complete. The betrayal is absolute. And the man who tried to topple a presidency has, instead, been toppled himself, not by his enemies, but by the devastating, silent betrayal of his friends.