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Promulgation on Oakwood ‘coup’ deferred indefinitely

Hopes to finally be able to perform duty in the Senate next year
Judge Oscar Pimentel of Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 today (Dec 16) deferred the promulgation on the 2003 Oakwood coup d’etat case against the Magdalo soldiers including Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.

Pimentel said he is bowing to the wisdom of President Aquino’s amnesty proclamation for members of the military that rebelled against Gloria Arroyo. Amnesty Proclamation No. 75 has been concurred in by Congress.

Magdalo Spokesman Ashley Acedillo said, “We thank the Court not only for submitting to the grace of the State but more importantly, in keeping with the spirit of the season.”
From ABS-CBN:

The Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Thursday deferred the promulgation of the decision on the rebellion cases filed against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and members of the so-called Magdalo Group involved in the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny.

Before Makati City RTC Judge Oscar Pimentel deferred the promulgation, he ordered a 15-minute recess at the start of the hearing after Capt. Nicanor Faeldon’s lawyer declared that they are joining the motion to postpone the promulgation filed by Trillanes’s camp.

July 27, 2003
Pimentel told the “mutinous” soldiers “to make up your mind, after seven years of trial.”

The judge revealed that he already has a 260-page decision on the rebellion cases against Trillanes and the rest of the Magdalo Group.

The judge said that he will issue a formal order to defer the promulgation of the decision.

Reynaldo Robles, lawyer of Trillanes, said in an earlier interview on ABS-CBN’s “Umagang Kay Ganda” that they reiterated their earlier motion to postpone the promulgation before Pimentel’s sala after the House of Representatives concurred with President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s amnesty proclamation on Monday.

Proclamation No. 75, issued last November 24, grants amnesty to all active and former personnel of the military, police force and their supporters who may have committed crimes in connection with the Oakwood Mutiny, the Marines standoff, and the Manila Peninsula incident during the Arroyo administration.

Robles said that the motion was filed only on Tuesday, and they were informed that Pimentel got hold of the document only on Wednesday.

The lawyer said that there was no need to promulgate the rebellion cases since the amnesty proclamation has been approved by the legislature.

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61 Comments

  1. cha-cha cha-cha

    O, ayan. Pinakakawalan na ang mga nakakulong.
    Paano naman ang mga nasa labas na dapat ikulong?

    Hint, hint, hint: May nunal siya sa mukha. Malinggit. Hindi mahaba ang hair. Lintik sa eyebags as of late.

  2. chi chi

    Excellent news! Sana palabasin na sila bago mag-Pasko.

  3. chi chi

    cha-cha, bagong kulot naman. hahaha!

  4. Mas maganda siguro kung hintayin na lang nila ang hatol sa kaso nila tutal kahit na maging guilty sila ay panalo sila sa Amnesty. May bonus pa sila kung ang desisyon ay “NOT GUILTY” maghabol sila at manghingi ng Civil Damages for wrongful imprisonment.

  5. Chi, the process of setting free Sen. Trillanes has begun. Hope he will be free to celebrate Christmas with his family and loved one outside detention. After seven years!

  6. chi chi

    Hay salamat naman! We are so happy about this development, Ellen. 🙂

  7. cha-cha cha-cha

    Chi, kaya raw may eyebags, kasi ang thought balloon niya:

    “OMG, pinalalabas na ang mga nasa loob, magkakaroon na ng space para sa amin ng mga alipores ko!”

  8. Mike Mike

    Si judge naman, ng bitin pa. Dapat sabihin na rin niya kung ano ang hatol niya.

  9. cha-cha cha-cha

    Meanwhile, still no order to release the Morong 43.

  10. # 8
    Pag ang hatol ng judge “Not Guilty” di na kailanagan ang Amnesty.Palagay ko not guilty kasi ibintin pa niya,kasi pag “Guilty” sila ay ibaba na niya ang hatol dahil may nakaabang na Amnesty.

    Kaya nga ito ang sabi ng Judge–“Pimentel told the “mutinous” soldiers “to make up your mind, after seven years of trial.”

    Parang nababasa ko na ang kartada ng hawak niyang baraha.

  11. parasabayan parasabayan

    Baka nakatali pa si judge kay pandak, “utang na loob” kung baga. Promotion? Money? Power?

  12. Hindi nila kailangan ang Amnesty….

  13. parasabayan parasabayan

    Ellen, keep us posted on his release baka makahabol kung baga.

  14. Parang sinasabi ng Judge sa kanila, nakapaghintay kayo ng 7 years,bakit di na kayo makapaghintay ng konting panahon,”Not Guilty” naman ang hatol ko sa inyo.

  15. Iyun nga lang baka makasuhan lang si Trillanes at Lim ng Jaywalking kasi they cross the lane ng tumawid sila sa kalsada ng makati kung saan bawal ang tumawid.

  16. # 3
    Chi, alam ko na ang tinutukoy mong bagong kulot.Hahahahaha!

  17. Mike Mike

    @Cocoy & Chi:
    Sinong bagong kulot? Pa share naman. 🙂

  18. balweg balweg

    Naku kundi pa sa amnesty ni PeNOY eh KSP yang judge na yan…finally makakalaya na sila at dapat ikulong ang tropang gloria kasi sila ang pahirap sa bayan?

    After all, ganito na lang…paano ang nawalang panahon sa mga pobre, dapat pagbayaran ito ng Pidalista regime or else history na lang ito.

    Paano titino ang Pinas kung lagi ganito na lang ang sitwasyon…pagkontra e ikukulong at pagnagbago ang gobyerno e saka palalayain.

    Maraming buhay ang nasasayang nito, dapat magkaroon ng matinong batas sa Pinas upang maging gabay ito sa pag-unlad ng bansa at mamamayan.

  19. balweg balweg

    RE: Parang sinasabi ng Judge sa kanila, nakapaghintay kayo ng 7 years,bakit di na kayo makapaghintay ng konting panahon,”Not Guilty” naman ang hatol ko sa inyo.~Cocoy

    Ngayon pa Igan…bakit niya pinaabot ng 7 years ang kaso kung Not Guilty rin lang ang finality ng kaso, bobo yan at walang pagmamahal sa bansa…ko mo nakapwesto e takot siya kay gloria and her asshole noong panahong yon.

    Kaya weather weather lang talaga ang buhay…iba na kasi ang nakapwesto ngayon kaya sunod siya sa agos or else maging kontra-fellow siya di ba.

  20. balweg balweg

    RE: Hindi nila kailangan ang Amnesty….~Cocoy

    Korek, e peke naman ang rehimeng gloria kaya wa effect ang amnesty na yan…dapat ang ikulong at pagbayarin sa kanilang kawalanghiyaan e si sina gloria and her asshole generals and civil socialites…kasama din si PeNOY at lahatin na natin ang EDSA DOS conspirators.

  21. chi chi

    Bwahahahahahahahaha@cha-cha#7!

    Mike, hindi na palalabasin ang hatol ni judge Pimentel kahit gusto nating maki-tsismis kasi balewala na raw yun dahil he already “bowed to the wisdom of PNoy’s amnesty proclamation”.
    But for those who did not avail of the amnesty, baka basahan sila ng hatol, makakatsismis din tayo ng konti.

  22. chi chi

    Kunwari ka pa Mike, e ikaw ang una-unang naka-alam, hahahaha!

  23. chi chi

    perl#18, agree ako kay mang Johnny na conviction ang hatol nya, babatuhin kasi sya ng kamatis kung nagkataon at hindi naunahan ni PNoy.

  24. chi chi

    Hindi na pilit ang ngiti ni Sen. Sonny. 🙂

  25. baguneta baguneta

    Sino ang hindi nag avail ng amnesty? Or sino-sino?

  26. NFA rice NFA rice

    The court was following the spirit of the amnesty. How I wish that Aquino reciprocates by respecting the Judiciary.

    And for our patriotic soldiers who chose to defend the laws of our country by refusing to join the mutinies, You are men of principle and therefore the nation’s finest. Mabuhay kayo!

  27. The court was following the spirit of the amnesty. How I wish that Aquino reciprocates by respecting the Judiciary.
    ——————

    the court had no choice, alam na ng lahat na inareglo na yung judge ni gloria dati kasi…the judiciary deserves no respect, at least this gloria boys led one…nice try luli este nfa but no cigar!

  28. even winston garcia said some time ago that the judiciary was corrupted, remember? eh bata ni gloria yun…

  29. we must clean up the judiciary as soon as possible, its part of arroyo’s rear guard…all attempts to go after her will be blocked by these hoodlums in robes, hahanapan lang nila ng butas – every lawyer worth his salt knows that “lahat pwede hanapan ng butas”

  30. marc marc

    The court should render a guilty verdict if only to deter any future miltary adventurism.

    Nakakatakot kung iaasa sa militar ang pagbabago sa gobyerno.

  31. marry christmas to all except to those hoodlums in robes…your days are numbered! i hope its between 1 to 100 only and not 8 written sidewise…

  32. walang ikakatakot kung nasa tama lang…
    yan ang problema ng ibang tao, pilit tayong takutin…gumagawa ng mga multo…

  33. on the contrary, ang dapat matakot ay yung mga may balak gumawa ng kalokohan in the future, kasi hindi “robot” ang militar – matatalinong tao ang mga yun

  34. Nakakatakot kung iaasa sa militar ang pagbabago sa gobyerno.
    ——————–

    kanini iaasa? sa mga katulad mo? eh di prime minister na si mommy mo ngayon? talaga naman!

  35. marc marc

    @juggernaut

    Hindi nangangahulugan na dahil ninanais ko ang guilty verdict ay sumusuporta ako sa nakaraang administrasyon.

    Ikinagagalak ko rin na nabigyan ng amnestiya ang grupo nina Senator Trillianes. Sana nga makalaya sila bago mag-Pasko.

    Sa tingin ko lamang na mainam na magkaroon ng guilty verdict para magkaroon ng klarong paninindigan ang bansa laban sa anumang pagbabago sa gobyerno na isusulong ng militar. Ilang ulit ding naging banta ang militar sa administrasyon ni Pangulong Cory Aquino. Nabigyan din sila ng amnestiya at ang ilan ay nasa Senado na rin ngayon. Huwag lang sana na paulit-ulit na ganito na lamang.

    Totoo na wala akong kapangyarihan kaya hindi maaaring iasa sa akin ang bayan. Ganun pa man, hindi ko iaasa kailan man sa militar ang akin kapalaran. Oo isang boto lamang ako. Pero ginagawa ko rin naman ang lahat para maging mabuting mamamayan.

  36. Tedanz Tedanz

    Tanong lang po …. yong kaso ng mga Euro Generals na kasama yong asawa ni Gen. Verzosa …. ano na ang balita? Tuluyan na bang kinalimutan ngayon dahil mag-best friend itong si Aquino at Verzosa?

  37. Golberg Golberg

    Yung bagong kulot?
    Hindi actually bagong kulot yun. Nakulot yun kasi malapit nang lumaya si Sen. Trillanes at yung iba.
    Kumulot yun kasi nagiisip na kung ano gagawin niya paglabas ni Trillanes. Sigurado, utak nun, lalong kumukulot. Heheheheh 🙂

  38. And for our patriotic soldiers who chose to defend the laws of our country by refusing to join the mutinies, You are men of principle and therefore the nation’s finest. Mabuhay kayo!” – NFA rice

    You mean soldiers like Esperon, Mayuga, Martir…those kinds that didn’t support mutinies?

    The nation’s finest are those who do not follow illegal orders, like cheating in elections for their illegal president, or jailing those who expose the truth, and providing sanctuary for criminals and mass murderers in exchange for stars in their shoulders and future career blowjobs.

    They don’t deserve any “mabuhay” exaltation. “Mamatay” dapat. Doon na ako sa nagmu-mutiny.

    Kung walang korap, walang mutiny.

  39. parasabayan parasabayan

    Sige na Sonny lumabas ka na! I believe that you can do a lot more than what you have already done. Never mind kung # 3 ka sa pina maraming gastos sa senado kung # 1 ka naman sa performance!

  40. Rudolfo Rudolfo

    ang mga pangyayari ( Magdalo-Sen. Tony Trillanes, at iba pa,Pinas man at sa ibang mundo ), ay patotoo na ang mabuhay sa mundo, ay PASANG KRUS, maraming pagsubok na hinaharap ( sakit man, politika,bilang mga sundalo, etc..).
    Ito ay katulad ng gulong ( cycle ), minsan nasa itaas, at minsan naman ay nasa ibaba. Ang mahalaga may buhay ang gobyerno, at ang ginawang Saligang Batas ( Constitution )

  41. Tama si psb, Sen. Sonny, ipagpatuloy mo lang ang ginagawa mo at higitan pa. Tignan natin yung mayayabang na grandstanders diyan sa Senado.

    Nami-miss ko na ang mga exposés ni Sen. Ping, tingin ko, bagay din sayo ang ganung papel. Ngatog ang tumbong ng tatargetin mo pihado.

  42. parasabayan parasabayan

    Alin ang mas mabigat na kasalanan, ang gumamit ng civil society, makakaliwa at mga sundalo para patalsikin ang nakaupong presidente tapos para manalo “kuno” sa election eh nandaya at ginamit ang Sandatahang Pilipinas para mandaya O yung mga sinasabing “mutineers” na ang hangad lang eh mapatalsik ang naknakaw na, nandaya pang pekeng presidente?

    Talking about the constitution, si bansot ba eh sumunod sa constitution? SINIRA niya ito para sa kanyang sariling kapakanan. So stop that crap about the mutineers not following the contitution. Kung tatanungin mo ako, mas di hamak na mabigat ang kasalanan ni bansot kesa kina Trillanes, et al.

  43. parasabayan parasabayan

    I would love to have both of them, Sonny and Ping in the Senate. Tignan lang natin kung ano ang say ng mga tuta ni bansot!

  44. Kailangan talaga na may opposition na sundalo sa gobyerno kahit na sino pa ang maging Presidente.–Lesson learned,Kay Marcos, controlado niyang solid ang mga Military kaya walang nakapalag ng mag declare siya ng Martial Law.

  45. florry florry

    Merry Christmas too Jug!

  46. Merry Christmas to all.This Christmas I’m going to hide.It was then I decided that once again I will be Scrooge or Grinch or whatever this year and if you classmates here at Ellenville wants to join me, then I will welcome all of you. Maybe one day I will get the whole Christmas spirit thing but until then I will sit back and notice blinking Christmas lights while avoiding giving away Christmas gifts,listening to all Christmas songs and movies. Ahh, now that is a merry Christmas.

  47. Rudolfo Rudolfo

    Ang Saligang Batas ( backbone ng bansa, ay mahalaga bilang guidlines ng mga mambabatas at ng mga mamamayan, etc..) ngunit ang nag-yurak o trampled ay si Davide ( divided loyalty-double bleed SC noon ( baka naman Kcoronahan ng naka-upo, kaya nagka-doble-doble ( divided ) ang problema ng Truth Commision kuno ( a political medium, para daganan o patayin ang oras sa pag-imbistiga ng mga kurakot admin ng peki na admin noon…nagkaroon yata ng conspiracy (CBCP-Military-mga masalaping Pidal and comapny-Comolect-at si Divided loyalty-SC, para mangyari ang EDSA-2, at biktimahin ang mga dropouts [ Erap at FPJ] ).

    Masakit sa mga professionals -yata ang sumalodo sa kanilang dalawa ( kaya kinalis , tanalupan ng trono ). Tumaas ang noo ng mga expected leaders ng bansa, at sinakripisyo ang saligang batas. Sa Paglaya ng Magdalo ( Sen. Sonny Trillanes , at kasamahan ), sila ang magiging bantay-sundalo ng Philippine Constitution… Kaya sa mga kina-uukulang mga sangkap ng scripted 9-years,paghandaan ang gulong ng palad , kakarmahin kayo sa pagyurak sa Saligang Batas. Ito ay mangyayari kung ang Will ni Pangulong Pnoy ay bato o matigas pa sa bakal, na siyang hinihintay ng sambayanang Pilipino, na kanyang Boss.

    My food for thoughts..

  48. triggerman925 triggerman925

    Mabuti pa yung heneral na nagnakaw ng P300 million makakauwi na

  49. Re #49, Rodulfo, huwag masyadong gumamit ng open ang close quotation mark. Deretso lang ang sulat. Mahirap basahin ang daming quotation mark.

    Palagi ko sinasabi matalino ang mga bloggers dito, Kahit hindi mo lagyan ng quotation mark o gawing all caps ang iyong comments, maintindihan yan.

  50. NFA rice NFA rice

    @TonGuE-tWisTeD,

    You mean soldiers like Esperon, Mayuga, Martir…those kinds that didn’t support mutinies?

    The nation’s finest are those who do not follow illegal orders, like cheating in elections for their illegal president, or jailing those who expose the truth, and providing sanctuary for criminals and mass murderers in exchange for stars in their shoulders and future career blowjobs.

    They don’t deserve any “mabuhay” exaltation. “Mamatay” dapat. Doon na ako sa nagmu-mutiny.

    Kung walang korap, walang mutiny.

    What’s great about failure? To tell you the truth, I would be praising Triallanes et al. had they succeeded in overthrowing Gloria’s government. It’s a simple concept: the winner takes all.

    They knew the consequences of their actions, and should have anticipated the the law they have assaulted to operate against them.

    And yes, the men that that were faithful knew that mutiny is an act of sacrilige against their oath, and for these reasons they are the heroes.

    Finally, don’t paint these men with a broad brush. Maybe there are bad apples among them but your paint seems offensive.

  51. balweg balweg

    RE: Mabuti pa yung heneral na nagnakaw ng P300 million makakauwi na.~ triggerman925

    Korek, money talks Igan…kaya wala sa pagtino ang Pinas nito? Magnakaw ka ng konti ang parusa kulong…kaya milyones na ang usapan ngayon, makulong man e may pangpiyansa o pangbayad sa atorni.

  52. balweg balweg

    RE: Merry Christmas to all.This Christmas I’m going to hide.~cocoy

    Merry Christmas too Igan…walang ganyanan hehehe, ang aginaldo ko ha bago ka magtago!

  53. #54
    Igan Balweg,Walang bonus ang pensionado.Hahahaha!

  54. parasabayan parasabayan

    So, NFA ok lang sa iyo na ninakaw ni bansot ang pwesto ni Erap at dinaya niya si FPJ sa 2004 elections? Tutal nanalo siya? What a crooked mind you have indeed! Kaya nga kung ang mga katulad ng utak ninyo ang maghahari sa Pilipinas, talagang nakakaawa ang kalagayan ng mga Pinoy.

  55. Rudolfo Rudolfo

    Hello #51, Ellen, salamat sa pa-alala. I am still learning,lalo na nagkakaidad..ok ang monitoring mo.

    Sana mak-uwi na ang mga Magdalo, at si Sen. Sonny Trillanes, para magampanan nila ang bagong kabanata ng kanilang buhay, para sa Bayan, at sa susunod na henerasyon o lahi ng Pilipinas.

    Merry Christmas and Wish you the Best of ALL in the year 2011.

  56. The Magdalos were not adventurists. They had a purpose. Whatever good came out of it? They keep the corrupt on their toes. The more we have of their likes, the less of the corrupt and corruptible we have in the military rank and file.

    In my book, I consider that a moral victory.

  57. Add to #58. Kahit papa-ano, they made life for Gloria a little difficult. They shamed Gloria Arroyo.

    That’s why Arroyo could not forgive them and wanted them to rot in jail. That’s why thanks for Aquino’s amnesty proclamation. This is one issue where he showed strong political will.

  58. We give credit when it’s due. Thank you, Pres. Noynoy.

  59. rose rose

    naahiya ba si Gloria? sa kapal ng mukha niya? mas na challenge pa seguro ang walang hiya!

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