Trillanes posts bail for libel

MANILA, Philippines – After arriving from the United States on Tuesday morning, Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV went to the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 142 to post bail for the libel case filed against him by dismissed Makati City Mayor Jejomar “Junjun” Binay.

Trillanes, also a vice presidential candidate, personally went to the Makati RTC and posted bail amounting to P10,000 after he was a issued warrant of arrest last February 1, according to a radio report.

The same court dismissed Trillanes’s motions to suspend the arrests and hearings on the libel case against him.

The Makati court ordered the arrest of Trillanes after finding probable cause for the case filed against the senator.

The libel case arose from Trillanes’s expose that the Binay camp bribed two Court of Appeals 6th Division justices, namely Jose Reyes Jr. and Francisco Acosta for their ruling against the suspension of Binay.

Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay also filed a libel complaint against the senator in September last year for accusing him of "perpetrating a P100 million racket a year in Makati involving ghost senior citizens."

Trillanes said he will not back down against the libel case filed against him.

“Hindi ko siya aatrasan. Lalabanan ko siya rito at makkita natin, 'di kalaunan kung sino nagsasabi ng totoo at nagsasabi ng tama,” Trillanes said in a televised ambush interview at the airport.

The senator again hit the Binays for their alleged corruption.

“Dito niya (Vice President Binay) pinapakita kung paano inaabuso ang kapangyarihan,” Trillanes said.

“Ipapaalam ko sa mga tao na mandarambong ito so 'pag inilagay ninyo sa pwesto ito, wala itong gagawin kundi magnakaw,” he added.

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