By Vanne Elaine Terrazola
Senator Antonio Trillanes, IV maintained Friday that he will not accept as true the supposed calls for his ouster from the organization of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) graduates.
Senator Antonio Trillanes speaks to the media at the Senate in Pasay City Senate, September 10,2018. (Czar Dancel/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Trillanes dismissed the belief of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who said that the manifesto from Mindanao-based PMA graduates reflects the “over-all” the sentiment of the military towards the soldier-turned-senator.
“Hindi ko nga binibigyan credence kasi may nagsabi sa akin, na mga nakapirma doon ha, na 'yong pirma daw nila na 'yon was October 2017 pa. Kumbaga pati sila ginagamit (I don’t give credence to that because some of the signatories there told me that their signatures were taken last October, 2017. That they, too, are being used against me),” Trillanes said.
“Anyway, hawak naman namin yong pangalan, eh. 87 sila. And ang PMA graduates, thousands 'yan (we have their names, they were 87. But there are thousands of PMA graduates),” he said.
The opposition senator earlier claimed that members of the PMA Alumni Association Inc. (PMAAI) are being used by the government for propaganda against him.
This was after a manifesto supposedly from the PMAAAI Eagle Fraternal Chapter who wanted him ousted from the alumni roll was released anew.
Trillanes said the signatures allegedly were lifted from an attendance sheet of PMAAAI graduates in their meeting October last year.
“They expressed regret that their allies are using them in politics,” he said.
Senator Antonio Trillanes speaks to the media at the Senate in Pasay City Senate, September 10,2018. (Czar Dancel/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Trillanes dismissed the belief of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who said that the manifesto from Mindanao-based PMA graduates reflects the “over-all” the sentiment of the military towards the soldier-turned-senator.
“Hindi ko nga binibigyan credence kasi may nagsabi sa akin, na mga nakapirma doon ha, na 'yong pirma daw nila na 'yon was October 2017 pa. Kumbaga pati sila ginagamit (I don’t give credence to that because some of the signatories there told me that their signatures were taken last October, 2017. That they, too, are being used against me),” Trillanes said.
“Anyway, hawak naman namin yong pangalan, eh. 87 sila. And ang PMA graduates, thousands 'yan (we have their names, they were 87. But there are thousands of PMA graduates),” he said.
The opposition senator earlier claimed that members of the PMA Alumni Association Inc. (PMAAI) are being used by the government for propaganda against him.
This was after a manifesto supposedly from the PMAAAI Eagle Fraternal Chapter who wanted him ousted from the alumni roll was released anew.
Trillanes said the signatures allegedly were lifted from an attendance sheet of PMAAAI graduates in their meeting October last year.
“They expressed regret that their allies are using them in politics,” he said.