“Resurrecting” a dead case with the issuance of an arrest order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is “extremely unusual” as it does not reflect “ordinary times,” according to De Lima, also a fierce critic of President Rodrigo Duterte. ADVERTISEMENT“In ordinary times, the decision of the Makati Regional Trial Court resurrecting the rebellion case of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV would be unusual, extremely unusual. But these are not ordinary times,” De Lima said in a dispatch from Camp Crame, Quezon City, on Wednesday. “In ordinary times, bringing back to life dead cases would be unheard of. Trillanes yielded to police on Tuesday afternoon after Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 ordered his arrest for rebellion in relation with the 2007 Manila Peninsula siege.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 26, 2018 10:07 UTC