Trillanes now under custody of Senate President Sotto | Inquirer News

Trillanes now under custody of Senate President Sotto

By: - Reporter / @MAgerINQ
/ 02:08 PM September 04, 2018

Amid his impending arrest, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has been placed under the custody of Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III.

“ I was placed in the custody of the Senate President,” Trillanes told reporters on Tuesday.

Trillanes decried the “warrantless arrest” against him, calling the move a “de facto martial law.”

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“This is a warrantless arrest maliwanag yan,” he said.

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“We’re living basically in a de facto martial law environtment of the 70s kind,” he added.

Trillanes believes President Rodrigo Duterte and Solicitor General Jose Calida were behind the move to arrest him.

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“Mr. Duterte, hindi ako nakakatakot sayo. Sana hindi ka umalis para kang duwag nyan,” he said.

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Duterte is currentely in Israel.

“You’re definitely behind this. Kayo ng abogado mong si Mr. Calida.”

“Someday, there will be a reckoning for you at talagang mangyayari at mangayyari yan,” Trillanes added.  /muf

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