MANILA, Philippines ? Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was not sorry about his feud with the late Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes as he did not also feel responsible for his untimely demise.

?No definitely not,? Trillanes told reporters when asked if senators should feel responsible for Reyes' death after they grilled him in the Senate over the alleged P50 million send-off money that he received when he retired as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

?Remember that General Reyes is a graduate of PMA [Philippine Military Academy]. He used to be the chief of staff of the AFP so he went through all the pressures necessary to survive those chapters in his life,? he said.

Trillanes did not also agree to Senator Gregorio ?Gringo? Honasan's statement that Reyes was subjected to a trial by publicity that could have been one of the reasons why he committed suicide.

?No. I believe we're not doing anything different,? said Trillanes.

?Remember, we also went through the same thing back in 2007 .We were subjected to even worse trial by publicity. We faced the government propaganda there and we were even incarcerated seen and a half years after and we're still here. So maybe there's another mission for us to accomplish and sad to say, that's just life was meant to be for Secretary Reyes,? he said.

The senator was detained for the failed coup attempt against then President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He was granted provisional release in December last year and was later granted amnesty by incumbent President Benigno Aquino III.

Asked if he was sorry that he had a bitter exchange of words with Reyes when they faced off in the Senate, Trillanes said, ?No kasi sabi ko nga [like what I said] I'm the kind of person who would learn from lessons of life and we'd have preferred that things have ended in a more pleasant route but that's just how life was meant to be.?

Asked about the reported phone call of Arroyo to Reyes at the height of the Senate investigation into the alleged military corruption, ?Maybe that's an angle that we could pursue after we have mourned the passing of General Reyes.?