No guilt admission, no amnesty, insists Joker
By Angie M. Rosales 11/22/2010Detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and other fellow mutineers seeking amnesty for their participation in coup attempts against the administration of former President Arroyo should admit their guilt first before they can be eligible for official pardon.
Sen. Joker Arroyo yesterday said he will insist on this position when the Senate tackles today President Aquino’s Proclamation No. 50, granting amnesty to soldiers and officers charged in connection with military uprisings in 2003, 2006 and 2007, including Trillanes, which has been submitted by the Executive to Congress for concurrence.
Most of the rebel soldiers have been firm on their assertion that the uprising against Arroyo’s government was provided under the Constitution and thus refuse to admit guilt in the mutiny charges pressed against them.
“I cannot accept that. There is the decision of the Supreme Court that if there is no admission of guilt, (there will be) no amnesty,” he said in a radio interview..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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