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Trillanes to ask Supreme Court to halt Duterte’s amnesty void order

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/09/04/20180904-senator-antonio-trillanes-0904-jc.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Senator Antonio Trillanes IV presides over the senate hearing on the proposed amendments on RA6713 or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials in Pasay, Tuesday, September 04, 2018. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday said he will ask the Supreme Court to stop President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation that invalidated an amnesty granted to him over 2 failed military uprisings.“Magfafile kami ng petition for temporary restraining order sa Korte Suprema,” Trillanes told reporters.(We will file a petition for temporary restraining order at the Supreme Court).“This goes beyond political lines. That presidential declaration should alarm justices,” he said.If filed, this could be the first controversial issue to be tackled by the Supreme Court under its new chief, Teresita Leonardo-De Castro.De Castro, who is President Rodrigo Duterte’s first chief justice appointee, has said in an earlier speech that the Supreme Court will be independent.Duterte’s Proclamation 572 ordered for the invalidation of an amnesty given to Trillanes and other military soldiers who stormed the Oakwood Premier Ayala Center in 2003 and the Manila Peninsula in 2007 to protest alleged corrupt practices of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Military officials said Trillanes lacked application documents while Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the lawmaker’s amnesty was invalidated for his critical statements against the current government.Police officials had been waiting for Trillanes outside the Senate building to arrest him over rebellion charges, which Trillanes said had long been dismissed by the court.“Kapag inaffirm nila ang presidential declaration, puwede na gawin ang warrantless arrest,” he said.“Na-dismiss na ito at nagbigay ng 15 days to file a motion for reconsideration. Ilang taon na? Hindi niyo nga quinestion noon ngayon makakaisip kayo ng kalokohan?” He said.The Armed Forces’ court martial, which follows its own judicial rules, has no jurisdiction over the case, Trillanes said.“I became a civilian when I filed my certificate of candidacy,” he said.Duterte&#x27;s predecessor, former President Benigno Aquino, granted amnesty to Trillanes and several other military rebels in 2011, leading to his release from detention.Trillanes won a seat in the Senate in 2007, campaigning from detention. He was reelected in 2013. In 2016, while running for vice president, he campaigned against then Davao City Mayor Duterte.He has since become Duterte&#x27;s fiercest critic, calling on the chief executive to undergo drug tests, psychological assessments, and to bare his state of health and wealth.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday said he will ask the Supreme Court to stop President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation that invalidated an amnesty granted to him over 2 failed military uprisings.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday said he will ask the Supreme Court to stop President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation that invalidated an amnesty granted to him over 2 failed military uprisings.

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Trillanes to ask Supreme Court to halt Duterte’s amnesty void order

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Sep 05, 2018 03:25 PM PHT

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