He added: “So that makes the grant of amnesty void from the very beginning.”Panelo shared the same argument with President Rodrigo Duterte, who earlier said that usurpation of authority was committed when Gazmin recommended and approved Trillanes’ application for amnesty. “The problem here is the one who investigated and recommended the application for amnesty was the same person who approved the amnesty,” the chief executive said Saturday. “There’s a committee that process the amnesty application form. Now, this committee was satisfied with the application form which, in turn, was recommended to the committee headed by Secretary Gazmin,” Trillanes said. He added: “Secretary Gazmin recommended the approved application to be granted the amnesty.”Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair Danilo Lim and Office of Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Nicanor Faeldon were given amnesty by Aquino.

Source: Philippine Star September 10, 2018 03:00 UTC