DOJ to file motion for partial reconsideration on Trillanes’ case at Makati RTC Branch 148

October 23, 2018

The Department of Justice ( DOJ) will file within this week a motion for partial reconsideration on the ruling of Judge Andres Soriano of Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 148 that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV proved he filed his certificate of amnesty and admitted his guilt for committing coup d'etat.

“The DOJ will file, not later than Friday, a motion for partial reconsideration of the order of RTC Makati City Branch 148, only insofar as it found that Sen. Trillanes had sufficiently shown that he filed his certificate of amnesty, and that therefore it follows that he also admitted his guilt for the offense of coup d'etat and recanted all statement inconsistent of guilt,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevara said in a test message to reporters Tuesday,

Earlier, Guevarra said the DOJ, and not the Office of the Solicitor General, that will decide on the legal steps to undertake after Makati RTC Branch 148 did not issue an arrest warrant and hold departure order against Trillanes.

"It is the DOJ who will decide what legal step to take," Guevarra said.

Guevarra made the statement after presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo announced that Solicitor General Jose Calida will appeal the court ruling before the Court of Appeals. DMS