AFP exec denies certifying Trillanes ‘did not submit an application’

TRILLANES FILES FOR AMNESTY / JANUARY 05, 2010.  Rebel Navy junior officer turned Senator Antonio Trillanes IV files his application for amnesty before the Dept. of National Defense amnesty committee in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES

An official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) whose certification was used in issuing Proclamation No. 572 on Friday admitted that she has no personal knowledge if Senator Antonio Trillanes IV submitted an amnesty application or not.

“I did not certify that he [Trillanes] did not submit an application form. I have no personal knowledge,” Lt. Col. Thea Joan N. Andrade, Chief of the Discipline, Law and Order Division of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (J1) said when she testified in court.

“It was not your intent to testify that he [Trillanes] did not apply for an amnesty,” Atty. Reynaldo Robles asked to which Andrade answered, “Yes.”

Andrade, in her certification, said that there is no available copy of Trillanes’ application for amnesty in their records.  /kga