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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1425169" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - A court martial can be convened for the case of former soldier Sen. Antonio Trillanes after his amnesty was voided by President Rodrigo Duterte, a retired military investigator said Friday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/04/18/trillanes-amnesty-revoked-senator-faces-charges-arrest">Trillanes amnesty voided; senator faces charges, arrest</a></li></ul><p>Arguments that this would not be possible because the lawmaker has been a civilian for years come from a &quot;point of view of ignorance,&quot; said retired Commodore Rex Robles, who investigated the Oakwood mutiny.</p><p>Robles, a commander of a naval reserve unit, said he has court martialed former officers who have retired.</p><p>&quot;Ang ginagawa ng mga tao na &#x27;yun na na-court martial ko, magnakaw sila or they will do something wrong then they will retire, now they’re out of reach. Ang gagawin ko, I will ask for them to be called to active duty. Now they’re in active duty, they’re under military law, I can court martial them,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Early Edition.</p><p>(Those people would steal or do something wrong then retire, now they&#x27;re out of reach. What I would do is I will ask for them to be called to active duty. Now they’re in active duty, they’re under military law, I can court martial them.)</p><p>He said he does not particularly remember if these retired officers were granted the same amnesty that was given to Trillanes, but he maintained it was &quot;possible&quot; that the lawmaker be charged under a court martial.</p><p>Robles, a member of Duterte-appointed panel to review the 1987 Constitution, also pointed out that the amnesty is under question.</p><p>&quot;It’s open, hindi ganoon ka-closed ang case (It is not really closed). You argue from the tail-end of something that is still open. Walang resolusyon yan (There is no resolution to it)…You’re assuming something that exists that the President himself does not agree it exists,&quot; he said.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s proclamation 572 voided Trillanes&#x27; amnesty because the mutineer-turned-lawmaker failed to comply with its minimum requirements such as official application and admission of guilt.</p><p>Trillanes&#x27; camp has questioned this before the Supreme Court and is confident it will receive the tribunal&#x27;s support.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/06/18/trillanes-camp-confident-sc-will-nullify-dutertes-amnesty-void-order">Trillanes camp confident SC will nullify Duterte&#x27;s amnesty void order</a></li></ul><p>Reynaldo Robles, the lawmaker&#x27;s counsel, is also hopeful that the military would not follow an &quot;illegal&quot; order from Duterte to arrest Trillanes.</p><p>He maintained that because Trillanes is now a civilian, the Armed Forces of the Philippines cannot apprehend him.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/07/18/afp-cant-arrest-civilian-trillanes-lawyer">AFP can&#x27;t arrest &#x27;civilian&#x27; Trillanes: lawyer</a></li></ul><div><strong>SETTLED WITH AMNESTY</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1425163" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>For lawyer Beda Fajardo, former president of the Philippine Bar Association, the crimes allegedly committed by Trillanes as a soldier in connection with the failed mutinies were covered by the amnesty which is irrevocable.</p><p>Trillanes is also no longer a soldier and &quot;court martial only covers soldiers and men in uniform,&quot; said Fajardo.</p><p>&quot;Na-cover na yun ng amnesty, wala na &#x27;yun. You cannot revoke that,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Hindi pwedeng ma-revoke &#x27;yun, it’s unconstitutional. Approved na &#x27;yun. Amnesty is non-revocable because it was already approved by President Aquino and concurred in by Congress,&quot; he added.</p><p>(That was covered by amnesty. You cannot revoke that. You cannot revoke that, it&#x27;s unconstitutional. It has been approved. Amnesty is non-revocable because it was already approved by President Aquino and concurred in by Congress.)</p><p>Fajardo said while it is true that an amnesty is &quot;null and void from the start&quot; if one failed to comply with its basic requirements, only the AFP is missing its records in relation to Trillanes&#x27; case.</p><p>&quot;May dokumento si Sen. Trillanes before the TV saka may witnesses &#x27;yan. Even President Aquino will witness for that…Negligence is with the custodian of the records,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Sen. Trillanes has documents before the TV and there were witnesses. Even Pres. Aquino will witness for that. Negligence is with the custodian of the records.)</p>

<p>A court martial can be convened for the case of former soldier Sen. Antonio Trillanes after his amnesty was voided by President Rodrigo Duterte, a retired military investigator said Friday.</p>

A court martial can be convened for the case of former soldier Sen. Antonio Trillanes after his amnesty was voided by President Rodrigo Duterte, a retired military investigator said Friday.