“So I hope our colleagues would unite to be intervenors in the Supreme Court to resolve this and for us to be enlightened once and for all,” he added. He said there were people claiming that the proclamation was presumed valid unless otherwise stated by the Supreme Court. If the arrested journalists complain, then it might be argued that their arrest is valid until the Supreme Court rules otherwise, he said. The Senate, Trillanes said, should also be concerned because an amnesty cannot be revoked, and unilaterally at that. “Unless this is reversed by the Supreme Court, it will again set a very bad precedent.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 02, 2018 23:26 UTC