THE COURT of Appeals or CA turned down the plea of former putschist turned Senator Antonio Trillanes who is facing rebellion charges before the Makati Regional Trial Court.
The CA’s Ninth Division through Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas Jr. denied the application for a temporary restraining order filed by Trillanes’ counsel. “We may not temporarily restrain or preliminarily enjoin the prosecution of the criminal action for rebellion at this stage because to do so would be to grant the principal prayer for certiorari without the benefit of hearing,” the CA ruled.
Associate Justices Myra Garcia Fernandez and Geraldine Fiel Macarang concurred with the decision. The Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 150 resets Trillanes’ hearing from March 20 to May 27.
Judge Elmo Alameda granted the request of Trillanes’ counsel Reynaldo Robles to defer the hearing, citing that he has a previous commitment to appear in another trial.
Robles also serves as defense counsel of former Bureau of Corrections chief Franklin Bucayu, one of detained Senator Leila de Lima’s co-accused on drug charges filed before the Muntinlupa RTC Branch 256.
In September last year, Alameda issued a warrant of arrest against Trillanes for rebellion over his involvement in the 2007 Oakwood mutiny. The reinstatement of charges came after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation 572 which declared the former Navy Lt. Senior Grade’s amnesty as void from the beginning.
Trillanes is a critic of President Rodrigo Duterte and a member of the opposition. (Benjamin Pulta)
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