Trillanes: I might be killed or jailed if Binay becomes President

By: Maila Ager - 10 years ago

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines鈥�Senator听Antonio Trillanes听IV on Wednesday said he expects the Vice President听Jejomar Binay will have him killed听or jailed should he become president听in 2016.

鈥淎lam n鈥檡o听po听kung mananalo si Vice President听Binay bilang pangulo baka ipapatay po ako nito or kaya ipakuong,鈥� Trillanes听said听in a radio interview on听Wednesday when asked if he was willing to work with Binay if the latter听becomes president.

(You know, if Vice President Binay wins the presidency, he might have me killed or jailed.)

鈥淥po ipapapatay po ako o ipapakulong kaya sinasabi ko nga po hindi madali ang ginagawa natin,鈥� he said.

(Yes, he will have me killed or jailed, that is why I am saying that what I am doing is not easy.)

It was听Trillanes, who initiated the investigation听of the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee听into听the allegedly overpriced Makati City听Hall 2 parking听building involving听the Vice President. The investigation has extended to other听anomalies allegedly committed when听Binay was still the mayor of Makati City. But Binay has repeatedly denied the allegations.

Trillanes pointed out that he ended up in jail the last time he went听against a powerful official.

The听senator was referring to his more than seven years of imprisonment when he led听the failed mutiny against then President and now Pampanga听Representative听Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,听who听has听been under hospital arrest for plunder charges.

But听if听there is someone that听should be in jail, Trillanes听said it should听be听the Vice President, whom he has accused of听pocketing听millions of money that should have been spent for the听people of Makati City.

鈥淥po dahil sa nakita nating听mga karumal -dumal na anomalya at talagang pinagkakitaan po talaga 鈥榶ung mga taga-Makati na sa bawat piso ho talaga na binibigay nila sa mga mahihirap, milyon-milyon ho 鈥榶ung binubulsa nila so sa akin 鈥榶ung mga ganyang tao, kelangan po silang nasa kulungan,鈥� the senator said when asked about his earlier statement听that听Binay should be put in jail.

(Yes, because of the detestable anomalies that we have witnessed. He has to be jailed because for every peso he has given to the poor, he has stolen millions.)

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