Ex-SolGen: Trillanes victory more ‘moral than legal’ | Inquirer News

Ex-SolGen: Trillanes victory more ‘moral than legal’

By: - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ
/ 09:11 AM October 23, 2018

Florin Hilbay

Solicitor General Florin Hilbay during the continuation of oral arguments on Torre De Manila case at the Supreme Court, Padre Faura in Manila. INQUIRER FILE / EDWIN BACASMAS

For former-Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, the dismissal of a motion to arrest Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was more a “moral than a legal victory.”

On Monday, the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 denied the petition of the Department of Justice (DOJ) for warrant against Trillanes for his coup d’etat case.

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“This dismissal of the motion to arrest Sen. trillanes is more a moral than a legal victory. The legal issue is clear and can be answered with common sense,” Hilbay said in a twitter post on Monday.

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Hilbay, who is vying for a Senate seat in the 2019 midterm polls, added that the dismissal of the motion provides credibility to the country’s justice system, which is badly needed.

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“This victory provides much needed credibility to the justice system. And this is what we badly need right now. Good day for law,” he further said.

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READ: Trillanes still a free man; Makati court denies gov’t bid for his arrest

In a 33-page ruling, Judge Andres Soriano denied the DOJ’s request for an arrest order against Trillanes but affirmed the validity of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation No. 572. /cbb

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