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There can be no warrant of arrest against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV because all of his pending criminal cases before the regular courts and military tribunals rising from the Oakwood mutiny and other coup attempts had been dismissed after he was granted amnesty on January 31, 2011 under Department of National Defense Ad Hoc Committee Resolution No. 2 (#1).

No less than the Supreme Court in Magdalo vs. Comelec (G.R. No. 190793, June 19, 2012) has sustained and validated the amnesty grant to Magdalo members, including Sen. Trillanes as then LTSG of the Philippine Navy, when it ruled that “in view of the subsequent amnesty granted in favor of members of Magdalo, the events that transpired during the Oakwood incident could no longer be interpreted as acts of violence in the context of the disqualification from party registration.”

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Proclamation No. 75 dated 24 November 2010 issued by President Benigno Aquino III which was concurred in by the Congress under Concurrent Resolution No. 4 dated 13 and 14 December 2010 does not provide for any revocation clause.

Consequently, the reported revocation by President Rodrigo Duterte of the amnesty granted to Sen. Antonio Trillanes has no legal and factual basis.

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The private auction of Katipunan Supremo Andres Bonifacio’s personal flag and other heritage items must be stopped immediately.

Heritage memorabilia and other historical articles must be acquired by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on behalf of the government for posterity rather than allowing them to be auctioned to private collectors with the possibility that these historical articles will go to foreigners or foreign places beyond the access and appreciation of generations of Filipinos.

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While length in the career service and seniority are traditional guideposts in the selection of appointees to the judiciary, they should never supplant the high standards of proven independence and adherence to ethical values required of justices and judges.

Career and seniority are matters of chronology but independence and ethical values are qualities of character.

The crow has been here for ages but despite its seniority it has not learned to speak.

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President Rodrigo Duterte rewards presumptive chief justice Teresita De Castro for her starring role in the ouster of former chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

De Castro should have seriously considered declining her nomination and refusing her impending appointment as chief justice of the Supreme Court considering the seriousness of the impeachment complaint against her for culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust.