Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV made his general admission of guilt before he took his oath on his filled-out amnesty application form, a military official said in an affidavit submitted before the Makati City Regional Trial Court. ADVERTISEMENTCol. Josefa C. Berbigal, currently a commissioned officer of the Judge Advocate General’s Office (JAGO), said she was the one who processed the application for amnesty filed by those who benefitted under Proclamation No. “Among the applications for amnesty which our committee processed was that of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV which was filed on Jan. 5, 2011,” Berbigal’s affidavit said. Besides Bergigal’s affidavit, Trillanes also submitted before the court the affidavit of Honorio S. Azcueta, former undersecretary of the Department of National Defense (DND). Azcueta was also the chairman of the DND Ad Hoc Amnesty Committee that processed the applications for amnesty filed under Proclamation 75 of Aquino.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 24, 2018 10:20 UTC