{"id":183012,"date":"2018-09-25T21:43:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T01:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=183012"},"modified":"2018-09-25T21:43:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T01:43:41","slug":"panelo-defends-makati-judge-trillanes-arrest-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/25\/panelo-defends-makati-judge-trillanes-arrest-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Panelo defends Makati judge over Trillanes’ arrest order"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe order is anchored on solid ground,\u201d Panelo said in a statement. (File Photo<\/a>: PCOO via Secretary Salvador Panelo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Tuesday defended the decision of Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda ordering the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe order is anchored on solid ground,\u201d Panelo said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Trillanes posted a PHP200,000 bail after undergoing booking procedures at the Makati Police headquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cJudge Alameda is a no-nonsense judge who has a reputation for independence and probity,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Alameda issued an arrest warrant and hold departure order against Trillanes at the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation 572 declaring void\u00a0ab initio<\/em>\u00a0(from the beginning) the amnesty granted by the previous administration to the senator.<\/p>\n

Panelo said Trillanes \u201cshould \u2018face the music and dance\u2019 as Frank Sinatra would croon in his song with the same title.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has to stop milking the issue and act pathetically as if he is a victim of injustice. The law of karma, as well as of the law, has finally caught up with his shenannigans,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been using his position as senator in planting the seeds of hate and sedition against PRRD and the government,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque urged Trillanes to just focus his time and energy on preparing his legal defense \u201cinstead of facing the cameras.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should view this as a welcome opportunity to submit his evidence that will prove the grant of amnesty to him was valid,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Trillanes insisted that he filed an application for amnesty and admitted his guilt of crimes of rebellion against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.<\/p>\n

The senator, however, failed to present his application form for amnesty that should contain his admission of guilt.<\/p>\n

Roque said Trillanes should stop resorting to \u201cad hominem\u201d attacks against the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court has spoken. Let us stop the drama by presscon and allow the legal process to take its course,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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