Amnesty a done deal, court or no —Palace
By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Angie M. Rosales 10/20/2010By Aytch S. de la Cruz
and Angie M. Rosales
Malacanang yesterday indicated that President Aquino’s amnesty proclamation remains, notwith-standing the possibility that the scheduled promulgation of its recipients, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and his fellow Magdalo soldiers on coup d’état charges, by the Makati regional trial court will come ahead on Oct. 28 pending the House of Re-presentatives’ concurrence with Proclama-tion 50.
Presidential spokesman Edwin La-cierda told reporters the ball is no longer in the executive’s hands even as the Senate approved on committee level last Monday the amnesty grant to military soldiers and junior officers who were accused of attempting to overthrow the Arroyo administration.
“It’s a matter of the reality that the Senate has just approved of it and we’re still waiting for the House. On the part of the Senate, it would still be brought up to the plenary so they will only touch on that on Nov. 5 if I’m not mistaken. So obviously, the (Makati RTC’s) judgment will come first. But, nonetheless, the effect of amnesty is there. It’s total extinction of the criminal liability,” Lacierda explained.
He added that the House of Representatives is still studying the matter and only after it provides the same concurrence as the Senate can the effects of the Proclamation No. 50 be implemented where over 300 detained military insurgents are expected to benefit from..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101020hed3.html/
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