14 senators to support Gordon’s ethics complaint against Trillanes

Chairman of the blue ribbon committee Senator Richard Gordon said that he is to be backed by more than 14 senators in his ethics case against Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, which he filed in the Senate ethics committee, Monday night.

This was after a tension arose during the August 31 hearing where Trillanes lashed Gordon’s panel as a “comité de absuelto.”

Gordon made clear that he did not ask any of the senators to support him.
“I never even talked to any senator as God is my witness on the day of my birthday. I never talked to any senator to get their vote,” he told reporters.

Furthermore, in the complaint he submitted, it stated that “The continuing, schematic and incorrigible abrasive conduct of Senator Trillanes should be dealt with accordingly, maybe a censure is not enough.”

However, Trillanes said that it was too early for Gordon to claim that he had 14 senators backing him up.

“I understand the political game but it’s a long process. There will be a hearing. Eventually it will be presented to the plenary and it will be voted on. So it’s premature for him to say who is supporting him,” Trillanes told reporters.

(DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 09/ 06/ 17)