Trillanes prepares to join the academe

FILE: Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Photo: Senate of the Philippines/Facebook)

After serving in the upper chamber for 12 years, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is getting ready to teach in the two well-known universities in the country.

On Tuesday, July 30, Trillanes told ANC’s Early Edition that he is now living a “more relaxed life” following his Senate stint.

“Right now I’m preparing for my teacher work these coming semesters,” he said. The former lawmaker said he will be teaching public policy subject in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman and Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU).

“In Ateneo, the curriculum or the specific courses that I would teach is still being deliberated,” he added.

Trillanes bared to the public his plan to teach subjects on governance and public policy in January but during that time, he had not decided yet on which school he would be teaching.

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“Well, I’d like to believe na marami naman tayong masha-share sa mga kabataan, maituturo sa kanila (that I can share and teach a lot of things to the youth),” he told reporters during the “Kapihan sa Senado” in January.

Senator Nancy Binay earlier offered Trillanes a teaching job, according to Senator Panfilo Lacson’s Twitter post.

“Senate camaraderie at its best in the 17th Congress: Sen Nancy Binay offered graduating Sen Trillanes a teaching job at the University of Makati (UMak) with 24-hr free parking at the Makati parking lot, plus free admission to the Ospital ng Makati and free burial in the Makati cemetery,” Lacson tweeted in June.

He, however, clarified in a text message that Binay’s teaching post offer to Trillanes was real but he just added free parking and burial as a joke.

“Totoo ‘yun pero katuwaan lang sa [Senate] lounge (It is true but it was said in jest at the Senate lounge),” Lacson said, adding, “Dagdag ko na lang ‘yung (I just added) free parking and free burial kasi si (because) Sen. Trillanes pursued to the hilt the Senate Investigation on the UMak and parking lot issues, if you recall.”

Trillanes, meanwhile, confirmed getting a “sincere offer” from Binay but he turned it down.

“I appreciated the sincere offer but I respectfully declined out of delicadeza. It was truly nice of her,” he said.