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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Department of National Defense on Wednesday, Sept. 5, maintained it could initiate court-martial proceedings against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in connection with the Oakwood Mutiny and the Manila Peninsula Siege. According to Atty. Richard Patrict Rubin, chief of the DND’s legal affairs service, Trillanes’ case, after all, was within the jurisdiction of a military court martial since he supposedly violated the Articles of War 96 and 97 when […]
(Eagle News) — A Makati court has scheduled the hearing on the Department of Justice’s application for an alias warrant against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sept. 13. Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 148 also gave Trillanes five days to comment on the DOJ motion that also seeks for a hold departure order against him. The application for an HDO and an alias warrant was made by the DOJ after […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 5, said he had no plans of leaving the Senate premises so far. Trillanes made the comment in an interview with reporters in the Upper House, where he spent the night following the revocation of the amnesty granted to him by former President Benigno Aquino III. “Kasi hindi valid..Instinct ko nga kahapon ay magwalk in na ako..If we’re going to turn ourselves in voluntarily, ang […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto on Wednesday, Sept. 5, took to the defense of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after the amnesty granted to him was revoked by President Rodrigo Duterte. “Kung nawala papeles niya, bakit niya problema yun?” Recto asked. Proclamation 572 cited a certification from the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ J1 that said Trillanes’ application was “not available” in revoking the amnesty granted by then-President Benigno Aquino III to him. The proclamation […]
(Eagle News) — If Senator Antonio Trillanes has proof he applied for amnesty, then he can show this in court if he challenges the amnesty revocation, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Speaking to ANC, Guevarra said this document, after all, was “what seems to be missing.” Under Proclamation No. 572, President Rodrigo Duterte voided the amnesty granted to Trillanes, noting a certification from the Armed Forces of the Philippines that said […]
(Eagle News)—Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 4, denied the revocation of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had anything to do with his opposition to the administration. In a press briefing, Guevarra said “it’s a matter of compliance with the law.” “This is a matter which is provided in the Constitution itself. When the chief executive grants clemency, all the requirements must be naturally complied with,” Guevarra said. In revoking the […]
(Eagle News)—–Opposition senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday, Sept. 3, slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s revocation of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, calling it a “clear oppression” of members of the opposition. “Clearly irregular itong nangyayri. Probably illegal and unconstitutional,” he said. According to Aquino, the amnesty granted to Trillanes in 2010 has the concurrence of Congress. “Di pa ako nakakarinig ng amnesty na nirevoke. It might be the first time in our history,” […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 3, maintained he had complied with the minimum requirements for the amnesty granted to him by then-President Benigno Aquino III, saying his was a “clear case of political persecution.” “Absolutely complied lahat yan.Mga kaso sa civil courts nadismiss yan..,” he said. Asked if he had applied for the amnesty in the first place, he said: “Di ka naman bibigyan ng amnesty kung wala kang application.” “Maliwanag yun. […]
