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Trillanes to stay in Senate despite police’s lack of arrest warrant

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday said he will stay inside the Senate building even if a court said the police has not been authorized to arrest him.Trillanes spent Tuesday night in his office after President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation 572 that voided his amnesty prompted members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to troop to the Senate to arrest him.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/04/18/trillanes-from-hot-headed-navy-lieutenant-to-duterte-nemesis">Trillanes: From hot-headed Navy lieutenant to Duterte nemesis</a></li></ul>“Ang instinct ko kahapon, mag turn in na ako. But if we turn in ourselves voluntarily, hindi mo na maquequestion ang validity at legality ng warrantless arrest,” Trillanes told reporters.“Ang advice sa &#x27;kin ng Senate leadership, &#x27;wag namin padaliin. Kailangan hindi ako magve-venture out,” he said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/18/no-warrant-for-now-makati-court-sets-hearing-on-motion-for-trillanes-arrest">No warrant for now: Makati court sets hearing on motion for Trillanes&#x27; arrest</a></li></ul>Police forces had been waiting outside the Senate building in Pasay city after Senate President Vicente Sotto III said a sitting senator cannot be arrested inside congressional halls while session is in progress.Lawmakers <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/18/senators-slam-police-move-to-arrest-trillanes-in-senate-halls">slammed</a> the presence of police forces outside the Senate building as the uniformed men had no arrest warrant issued by a court.“Alam dapat ng mga pulis na kung wala silang warrant, hindi sila puwede mang-aresto unless in flagrante delicto o sa harap mismo nila ginagawa &#x27;yung krimen,” Senator Francis Escudero said.Trillanes said the Senate leadership did not issue a deadline on when he could reside in his office.Senators will have to discuss how to deal with the police who are still lingering outside the Senate despite the lack of an arrest warrant, he said.<div>RELATED STORIES:</div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/18/trillanes-gears-for-legal-fight-from-senate-sanctuary">Trillanes gears for legal fight from Senate sanctuary</a></li></ul><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/18/trillanes-fellow-mutineers-also-face-amnesty-review-panelo">Trillanes&#x27; fellow mutineers also face amnesty review - Panelo</a></li></ul>

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday said he will stay inside the Senate building even if a court said the police has not been authorized to arrest him.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday said he will stay inside the Senate building even if a court said the police has not been authorized to arrest him.

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Trillanes to stay in Senate despite police’s lack of arrest warrant

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 05, 2018 12:37 PM PHT

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Updated September 06, 2018 05:33 AM PHT

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