(Eagle News) — A Makati court has asked the government to comment on Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s appeal of its earlier decision upholding the legality of Proclamation No. 572.
Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148, who in the same decision, however, junked the Department of Justice’s request for the issuance of a warrant of arrest against the senator for coup d’etat, gave prosecutors five days to answer Trillanes’ motion for partial reconsideration.
The DOJ has already filed its own appeal of Soriano’s decision junking their request for the warrant.
The motion is still pending before the court.
Trillanes is out on bail for a separate rebellion case filed against him before Branch 150 of the Makati RTC, which, unlike Branch 148, granted the DOJ’s request for the issuance of a warrant against him.
The coup d’etat and rebellion charges stem from Trillanes’ role in the Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively.
Trillanes was granted amnesty during then-President Noynoy Aquino’s time, but Proclamation No. 572 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte declared this void ab initio, citing Trillanes’ alleged failure to apply for the amnesty in the first place, and his alleged failure to make an express admission of guilt and recant his statements as required.
