Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes Junks Claims of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte over Dad Rodrigo’s ICC Detention
ANTONIO TRILLANES – The former Senator called the claim of Vice President Sara Duterte that former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte was allegedly found unconscious in his detention room a “drama”.
For more than six (6) months now, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte is under the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. The court has yet to release a decision on the interim release plea of his camp.
According to the ICC, the prosecution team has filed three (3) counts of murder charges against former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. The confirmation of charges hearing was initially set on September 23 but it was postponed after the lawyer of the former President claimed that he is allegedly unfit to stand trial.
According to lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, the former President is allegedly unable to remember events, places, and even members of his family. He asked the court to adjourn all the legal proceedings indefinitely. However, former Sen. Antonio Trillanes has a different claim on the recent remarks of Duterte’s camp.
Based on a post of TV Patrol on social media, Sen. Antonio Trillanes called the claims over former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte as allegedly an “alibi”. According to him, there are several witnesses and evidence against the former President.
“Mga witnesses dun sa actual incidents, may mga participants, mga napag-utusan, mga mag-aattest to the veracity of the documents… Hindi bababa sa isandaan, kasi marami yan eh. Tapos libo yung dokumento, libong pahina… mga dokumentong laban sa kanila kaya nga alibi na lang ginagawa eh,” he said.
Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes was one of the staunch critics of the Duterte administration. He also reacted to the claim of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte that former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte was allegedly found unconscious inside his ICC detention room and they were supposedly not informed about the “accident”.
“Hindi ka pwede magdrama drama diyan sa mga doktor diyan. Alam nila kasi tumatawag siya sa telepono eh every day. So lucid siya eh… So mabilis mabisto yung ganyang drama,” the former Senator said based on the post.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte claimed that former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte needs a 24-hour caregiver to tend to him. Amid the pending interim release plea of the former President’s camp, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte admitted that she favors a house arrest for former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte even in an underground bunker in Davao City.