{"id":928505,"date":"2017-09-07T07:12:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T23:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=928505"},"modified":"2017-09-07T04:12:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T20:12:03","slug":"trillanes-bent-on-pinning-down-duterte-kin-in-senate-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/928505\/trillanes-bent-on-pinning-down-duterte-kin-in-senate-probe","title":{"rendered":"Trillanes bent on pinning down Duterte kin in Senate probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (AP Photo\/Bullit Marquez)<\/p><\/div>\n\n

Sen. Antonio Trilanes IV on Wednesday said he was confident he would be able to pin down President Duterte\u2019s son and son-in-law as well as those behind the smuggling at the Bureau of Customs (BOC), including the P6.4-billion \u201cshabu\u201d (crystal meth) shipment from China, when the two\u00a0 appear at a Senate hearing this morning.<\/p>\n\n

Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and lawyer Maneses \u201cMans\u201d Carpio, husband of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, are expected to attend the seventh hearing of the Senate blue ribbon committee on the shabu shipment. The hearing will also tackle the alleged payola system at the BOC.<\/p>\n\n

Heated exchange<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The appearance of the younger Duterte and Carpio at the hearing came after Trillanes called on the two men to shed light on their alleged involvement in the so-called Davao Group, which allegedly makes possible the release of shipments at the BOC\u00a0 without inspection in exchange for a fee.<\/p>\n\n

Last week, Trillanes figured in a heated exchange with the\u00a0 committee chair, Sen. Richard Gordon, over his call to make the two men attend the hearing. Gordon said he could not just summon anyone based on hearsay.<\/p>\n\n

Ethics complaint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

But in the end, Gordon, who filed an ethics complaint against Trillanes following their heated exchange, ordered the vice mayor and Carpio to be invited to the hearing.<\/p>\n\n

Gordon told reporters he would ensure that the hearing would be \u201cin order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI will not allow it to be disrupted,\u201d he said, adding that Trillanes could question the younger Duterte and Carpio.<\/p>\n\n

Asked whether he thought the vice mayor and Carpio would cooperate at the hearing, Trillanes said he was \u201cpreparing for scenarios in which they will either cooperate or not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cBut either way, after (last Thursday\u2019s) hearing, it would be clear to the people that both of them are involved not only in smuggling operations in the BOC but also in the entry of the P6.4-billion illegal drug shipment,\u201d he said in a text message.<\/p>\n\n

Trillanes told reporters he did not need to prove anything as the hearing was not a court.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to extract information. We\u2019re trying to ferret out the truth about the issue. So it\u2019s not about proving anything. It\u2019s up to the people who will watch the proceedings about what really happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

Right vs self-incrimination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said he was not optimistic that the hearing could come up with anything substantive.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI think they are saying they will invoke the right against self-incrimination. That is their privilege if they invoke it and it should be respected,\u201d Drilon said in an interview.<\/p>\n\n

He said the right could be invoked because a \u201ccase can be filed against you afterward\u201d as \u201cyour statement can be used against you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said this right could be invoked because it should be the state that should develop a case against a person.<\/p>\n\n

President Rodrigo Duterte earlier said his son and son-in-law could invoke the right against self-incrimination at the Senate hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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