TRILLANES DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN ANY IRREGULARITIES REGARDING GOVERMENT FUNDS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Drilon, Trillanes deny involvement in PDAF scam</span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0txRLb_ZRUyOrlKvHNjYBVDOtBQY9-e-_lu_E2_JRSW09kNdm1OvOsTJbi3dmZODxipPsHFqOnyzKzMPbAtYQQ4eeZk1vAqdwqJ1DtQpdwQRslEtTguW81WB2MKH0NZFLdNtQyxXv_XQ/s1600/Sen.+Kanina+deny.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Drilon, Trillanes deny involvement in PDAF scam" border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="641" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0txRLb_ZRUyOrlKvHNjYBVDOtBQY9-e-_lu_E2_JRSW09kNdm1OvOsTJbi3dmZODxipPsHFqOnyzKzMPbAtYQQ4eeZk1vAqdwqJ1DtQpdwQRslEtTguW81WB2MKH0NZFLdNtQyxXv_XQ/s400/Sen.+Kanina+deny.png" title=" TRILLANES DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN ANY IRREGULARITIES REGARDING GOVERMENT FUNDS" width="400" /></a></div> MANILA, Philippines — Sens. Franklin Drilon and Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday morning denied any involvement in any irregularities regarding government funds such as the Priority Development Assistance Fund and the Disbursement Acceleration Program.<br /> <br /> The senators issued the statement after Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II claimed they are among the officials who would face charges after being named by pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles as involved in the PDAF case.<br /> <br /> "I was never even mentioned in any of the so-called Napoles lists provided during the height of the investigations in 2013," Trillanes said in a released statement.<br /> <br /> Likewise, Drilon said in a statement: "I have said this many times before and I will say it again: I vehemently deny any insinuation by the Secretary of Justice that I was involved in any wrongdoing regarding the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)."<br /> <br /> In May 2014, Napoles released 100 names that she claimed she allegedly had transactions with in connection with the PDAF allocation to her non-government organizations from 2007 to 2009. In the list, she named 20 senators who allegedly received funds meant for their election campaigns.<br /> <br /> Trillanes and Drilon were not part of that list. The only current senators included in it were Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel, Sens. Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan, Loren Legarda, Cynthia Villar, Alan Peter Cayetano and Francis "Chiz" Escudero.<br /> <br /> RELATED:<br /> <br /> However, Aguirre said Napoles would release a new list which would include Sens. Leila de Lima, Trillanes, Drilon and former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad. Abad was already included in the 2014 list.<br /> <br /> "This is outright black propaganda and political harassment intended to silence the members of the opposition," Drilon said. "We would await the copy of the affidavit. We will respond at the proper time and in the proper venue," he added.<br /> <br /> Aguirre earlier said Napoles will reveal other higher officials under the Aquino administration who are involved in the PDAF scam. Trillanes then criticized the justice secretary for involving members of the opposition in various cases.<br /> <br /> "Aguirre has been using his office to persecute and harass members of the opposition by fabricating testimonies from dubious convicts or detainees such as the Bilibid drug lords, Kerwin Espinosa and now Napoles," Trillanes said.<br /> <br /> Drilon in a statement Monday echoed this, saying that the intention is obvious from the personalities being linked.<br /> <br /> "Sinu-sino ba ang target ng administrasyon: former President Benigno Aquino, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, Senator Sonny Trillanes, detained Senator Leila De Lima, and myself," he said.<br /> <br /> "If this is not revenge, I don't know what it is."<br /> <br /> For his part, Aguirre said this is not a ploy to discredit the Aquino administration nor take revenge against Duterte administration's critics. He said there is no reason for the president to do so.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/drilon-trillanes-deny-involvement-in-pdaf-scam/ar-BBBCzIY?li=BBr8Mkn">Source link</a></span></div>

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TRILLANES AFTER JUNKING THE IMPEACHMENT COMPLAIN AGAINST DUTERTE

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAoW9dlScg69fd_Gd8HobGhbO1hej7_3MldhqiQtI1txDm19DrAG9sF5qWzawjUX4St_ztaBInAPREDZJwxkp1hWi5Szfd90g2SqPkLMow0HqLQPqeCxvSTgbfBxs5LYskWUZ6eW46ony/s1600/kanin+trillanes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="WBP-WeBlogPh, News, Philippines Government, Philippine Politics, Sen. Antonio Trillanes" border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAoW9dlScg69fd_Gd8HobGhbO1hej7_3MldhqiQtI1txDm19DrAG9sF5qWzawjUX4St_ztaBInAPREDZJwxkp1hWi5Szfd90g2SqPkLMow0HqLQPqeCxvSTgbfBxs5LYskWUZ6eW46ony/s400/kanin+trillanes.png" title="SEN. TRILLANES AFTER JUNKING THE IMPEACHMENT COMPLAIN AGAINST DUTERTE" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday chided members of the House justice committee for junking the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte, saying they are either scared of the administration or believe that there is nothing wrong with extrajudicial killings (EJKs).<br /> <br /> “Buong mundo na ‘yung nakakapuna bukod lang sa mga pagpatay ng libo-libo, pagnanakaw ng bilyon-bilyon at secret dealings with China. Mabibigat ito,” Trillanes told reporters in an interview.<br /> <br /> “It’s either natatakot sila or talagang gusto nila or nakikinabang sila sa administrasyon or worse, naniniwala sila na tama yung pinaggagagawa ni Duterte,” he added.<br /> <br /> Trillanes lamented how some congressmen who are also lawyers grilled Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on his “personal knowledge” over his accusations against Duterte.<br /> <br /> “Baluktot yung pangangatwiran nitong mga nag-a-abogado kay Duterte,” Trillanes said.<br /> <br /> “‘Yung pinagmamasdan ko nga si Fariñas eh, akala ko maligang na abogado ito, pero hindi niya naiintindihan yung testigo tsaka complainant. Iba yun, those are two different things,” he added.<br /> <br /> During the hearing at the House justice committee, Fariñas grilled Alejano on the points raised in the complaint, starting with the spate of alleged EJKs.<br /> <br /> “You took it upon yourself to state under oath that you have personal knowledge on this, but now you’re saying hindi pala,” Fariñas said.<br /> <br /> Fariñas indicated that Alejano violated Paragraph 3 of the verification of complaint, where a complainant swears under oath that all his allegations are “true and correct” to his personal knowledge or via authenticated records.<br /> <br /> “Any complainant who should come before Congress must really stand to this oath,” he said.<br /> <br /> The committee decided to junk the impeachment complaint against Duterte, saying it is "insufficient in substance."<br /> <br /> Trillanes said they will resort to “other modes,” which Duterte’s allies cannot control.<br /> <br /> “Mapapunta na lang tayo sa ibang modes kung papano lalabas ang katotohanan na ito. Sa mga ganung paraan, hindi na nila maco-control,” he said.<br /> <br /> Trillanes and Alejano both belong to the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1995. They are members of the Magdalo group of soldiers who went against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.<br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/trillanes-hits-solons-for-junking-impeach-rap-vs-duterte/ar-BBB94cK?li=BBr8RiR">Source list</a></span></div>

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