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(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has changed his mind and said that he will still stay inside the Senate premises upon the “advice of some senators” a few hours after he had said he was prepared to leave the Senate grounds after the Supreme Court ruling denying his petition for a temporary restraining order. Trillanes said that he came out with his decision after allegedly making “direct engagements” with the “units” from […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he would now be able to go home after the Supreme Court’s decision denying his petition for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order (TRO). Trillanes also expressed “gratefulness” of the SC decision on Tuesday, Sept. 11, saying it had “some semblance of independence” and that it was a “welcome development.” “It was a carefully worded decision by the Supreme […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, Sept. 10, asked a Makati court to junk a Department of Justice motion seeking for an alias warrant and a hold departure order against him. In seeking for the dismissal of the motion filed before Branch 148 of the Makati Regional Trial Court, Trillanes said the court no longer has jurisdiction over him since the case filed against him in connection with the Oakwood Mutiny in 2003 “had […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would follow whatever the Supreme Court will decide on the matter of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, even as he insisted that the amnesty was “fatally flawed” and void from the start. Speaking shortly after his arrival from Israel and Jordan on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2017, the President said he has to answer the questions from the media even if he has […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte arrived from his successful trip to Israel and Jordan on Saturday, Sept. 8, a day earlier than scheduled, insisting the amnesty of senator Antonio Trillanes IV was “fatally flawed” and challenging those who want him out to come to Malacanang so that he can step down immediately. “I’m ready to step down anytime.. Kung ayaw na ng Pilipino, bababa ako (If the Filipino people do not want me, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he would wait for the judicial process to proceed regarding the case of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, and would want the proper issuance of the arrest warrant from the regional trial court before he could be arrested, his spokesperson said. In a press briefing in Jordan, Presidential Spokesperon Harry Roque said that President Duterte would prefer civilian court processes to proceed, rather than court martial proceedings. “He will […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that he is receiving “expressions” of support from some “active officers” of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and that he still has communication with them. Trillanes also warned of a possible uprising of the people, citing what happened in EDSA 1 and EDSA 2, if the alleged “harassment” against him continues. “These things are out of my hands.. Desisyon ng taong bayan kung hanggang kailan […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he is prepared for whatever will happen to him, describing himself as a “fatalist” but stressed that he also relies on the word of Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III that no arrest will happen while he is inside the Senate premises. “Tito Sotto is the most senior senator dito sa Senado in terms of service, 1992 pa senador na ‘yan. So, he values the institution, […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo visited opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV at the Senate where he had been staying for the past three days, and criticized moves by the Duterte administration to allegedly “harass” the senator. Explaining her visit, Robredo said she was already near the area, coming from a speaking engagement at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) so she decided to drop by. “Naisip ko na malapit na rin [ako], makausap […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Transportation Undersecretary Cesar Chavez to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority Board of Directors. Chavez term as member will expire on June 30, 2019. Chavez had resigned as undersecretary of the Department of Transportation following the several glitches that marred the operations of the Metro Rail Transit 3. Chavez had cited a “simple sense of delicadeza” as the reason for his then-resignation.
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 5, said the Department of National Defense has no jurisdiction over him. In a press conference, Trillanes said this was because as of 2007, he was already considered a civilian. Defense officials, however, already said that even if this was the case, Trillanes could still be court-martialled as he violated the Articles of War as a soldier. “Pursuant to Section 66 of the Omnibus Election […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that there is no “double jeopardy” yet on the criminal case of coup d’etat previously filed against senator Antonio Trillanes since the hearing had not yet reached trial on its merits, and was dismissed because of the grant of amnesty in 2010. Roque, a former human rights lawyer, also claimed that the grant of amnesty by former President Benigno Aquino III to Trillanes was just “political accommodation” […]
