{"id":181108,"date":"2018-09-11T22:41:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T02:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=181108"},"modified":"2018-09-11T22:50:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T02:50:47","slug":"trillanes-amnesty-one-aquinos-glaring-mistakes-prrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/11\/trillanes-amnesty-one-aquinos-glaring-mistakes-prrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Trillanes\u2019 amnesty, one of Aquino’s \u2018glaring mistakes\u2019: PRRD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte discusses the pressing concerns of the country during a dialogue with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 11, 2018. VALERIE ESCALERA\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said the amnesty granted to Oakwood mutineers, including Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, was one of the glaring mistakes of the previous administration of former president Benigno Aquino III.<\/p>\n

\u201cPagka mali<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0mali. Hindi mo talaga ma<\/em>-correct\u00a0\u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(If it is wrong, it\u2019s wrong. You cannot correct that) and one of the glaring mistakes of the Aquino administration was to extend an amnesty,\u201d Duterte said a t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo at the Malaca\u00f1ang Palace.<\/p>\n

Duterte said the procedure in the issuance of Proclamation 75 by Aquino in 2010 was \u201ctotally wrong in the sense that he just issued the proclamation\u201d without giving particular names.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a motherhood statement to cover the individual and any of the acts of the mutineers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte also blamed Aquino for designating former defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin to investigate and sign the amnesty itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, it is not possible to do that. Why? Because an act of pardon or amnesty is an act of State. It cannot be delegated to anybody but to the person or the President himself,\u201d said Duterte, a former fiscal.<\/p>\n

He said the granting of amnesty as well as declaring martial law suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus and to call for Congress’ special session is the exclusive power of the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn act of amnesty is always an act of State which cannot be done by a mere Cabinet member. Especially if that Cabinet member was the one or was the one of those who investigated and made the recommendation and approved the recommendation himself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said if the Supreme Court would disagree with him \u201cthat is a new development on jurisprudence and I would accept it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Duterte signed his own Proclamation 572 on August 31 to declare void ab initio (from the beginning) Trillanes\u2019 amnesty \u201cbecause he did not comply with the minimum requirements to qualify under the Amnesty Proclamation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Trillanes did not personally fill up and file the official amnesty application form and has not expressly admitted his guilt for the crimes he committed during the Oakwood Mutiny in 2003 and the Manila Peninsula Siege in 2007.<\/p>\n

Duterte claimed Gazmin, whom he described as his very good friend, signed Trillanes\u2019 amnesty because the former defense chief wanted to protect the former president.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was actually protecting Aquino. And there are \u2013 all the time\u00a0sa lahat ng ano<\/em>, they were protecting Aquino,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said Gazmin\u2019s approval of the amnesty is another ground to declare Trillanes\u2019 amnesty \u201cvoid from the very beginning\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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