/AFP/ Noel Celis/
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 25, posted bail for the rebellion case filed against him.
Trillanes proceeded to the Makati Regional Trial Court to post the P200,000 bail set by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda for his temporary liberty, after he underwent booking procedures at the Makati Police.
Live footage on national television showed Trillanes accompanied by opposition senators Bam Aquino, Kiko Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros, among others, upon his arrival in court.
A few minutes after Trillanes posted bail, Alameda ordered Trillanes released and the warrant against him set aside.
Earlier in the day, Trillanes yielded to the police, who had gone to the Senate after the judge ordered for him to be arrested and for a hold departure order to be issued against him, granting the Department of Justice’s motion for the same.
The motion was filed by the DOJ after Proclamation No. 572 declared void ab initio the amnesty granted by then-President Benigno Aquino III to Trillanes for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively.
A similar motion was filed before the Makati RTC Branch 148, where Trillanes had been charged with coup d’etat.
In making the declaration, the proclamation cited as bases Trillanes’ alleged failure to file an official application for the amnesty, and his alleged failure to make an express admission of the crimes committed.
Trillanes has said he has complied with the requirements for the amnesty, adding the cases in the courts against him were already dismissed in 2011.
But the DOJ said Trillanes continued to face the cases as the dismissal then was “anchored” on the amnesty, which has been declared void ab initio.