MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday denied the claim of Sen. Antonio Trillanes’ camp that the government was trying to influence a Makati judge handling his coup d’etat case. Alejano claimed that Soriano has been “under pressure” to grant the DOJ’s petition to issue a warrant for Trillanes’ arrest. Guevarra said it is the camp of Trillanes that appeared to be pressuring the judge with such an insinuation. “The DOJ does not interact with the judge except through the pleadings filed and arguments raised in open court,” he added. The court is expected to rule soon on the petition of the DOJ to issue an arrest warrant and hold departure order against Trillanes.

Source: Philippine Star October 14, 2018 16:06 UTC