MANILA, Philippines ? Detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will ask for a lower bail bond, his lawyer said Wednesday, shortly after a local court granted his petition for bail.

Judge Elmo Alameda of Branch 150 of the Makati City court set a P200,000 bond for Trillanes, Brigadier General Danilo Lim, and 16 other military officers who were charged with rebellion for their alleged involvement in the siege of the Manila Peninsula Hotel last November 2007.

?I will file a motion for reduction of the bail bond,? Francisco told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview.

?The P200,000 bail bond is too much for ordinary soldiers who are co-accused in the rebellion case,? Francisco said.

Francisco said he has just received the court order and would file the motion to reduce the bail bond on Thursday.