Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. INQUIRER PHOTO/JOAN BONDOC
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV should stop acting like a victim and face his arrest warrant over his rebellion case.
Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Trillanes after President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation 572 voiding the presidential amnesty of the senator.
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Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said Judge Alameda 鈥渋s a no nonsense Judge who has a reputation for independence and probity.
鈥淭he order is anchored on solid legal ground. Trillanes should face the music and dance as Frank Sinatra鈥檚 would croon in his song with the same title,鈥� Panelo said in a statement on Tuesday.
He said Trillanes should 鈥渟top milking the issue and act[ing] pathetically as if he is a victim of injustice.鈥�
鈥淭he law of Karma as well as of the law has finally caught up with his shenanigans. He has been using his position as senator in planting the seeds of hate and Sedition against PRRD and the government,鈥� he said.
Malaca帽ang had earlier welcomed the decision of the Makati RTC. /je
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