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(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has expressed his intent to question a Makati court’s order upholding the legality of Proclamation No. 572 directly before the Supreme Court, where he earlier filed a petition seeking for the proclamation to be nullified. In his urgent motion, manifestation and notice of appeal, Trillanes, through his legal counsel Reynaldo Robles, asked Judge Andres Soriano of Branch 148 of the Makati Regional Trial Court to allow him to appeal […]
(Eagle News)–The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 has denied the partial motions for reconsideration filed by both state prosecutors and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. In denying the motions in a one-page order on Nov. 22, Judge Andres Soriano noted that they were a “mere rehash of the issues and arguments which have already been exhaustively threshed out, passed upon and discussed in the assailed order.” Prosecutors appealed for Soriano to reconsider his “factual findings […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Sept. 28, said the Department of Justice had “no problem” with a Makati judge’s decision to defer action on their motion for an arrest warrant and hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. “The DOJ does not have any problem with Judge [Andres] Soriano’s desire to study the issues further,” he said, referring to the presiding judge of Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 148, where Trillanes had […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras on Friday, Sept. 14, sued Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for inciting to sedition. Paras filed the charges before the Pasay Prosecutors’ Office. The charges stem from Trillanes’ remarks against President Rodrigo Duterte, which Paras said incited the people to overthrow the government. In his previous speeches, Trillanes called Duterte “corrupt, incompetent, evil, obsessed and insecure,” among others. This is the third time in 10 months Paras filed charges […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will remain holed up in the Senate so far. According to Trillanes, this was after his lawyers advised him to wait for the courts’ “final resolution” on Proclamation 572 that declared the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and the Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively, void ab initio. Trillanes has questioned the proclamation before the Supreme Court, which, however, junked his request for […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, Sept. 13, said he would try to leave the Senate building “quietly.” “Susubukan ko mamayang lumabas. We will do it quietly para we’ll see,” Trillanes said. Trillanes had been sleeping overnight in the Upper House since news of the issuance of Proclamation No. 572 broke last week. The proclamation, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, declared the amnesty granted to Trillanes for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula […]
(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 […]
