In the Senate, Trillanes tattooed his trademark of no fear, always favor brawn over brains. But now, he retreated inside the Senate building with his tail tucked firmly between his legs. How foolish humans are, hopelessly beckoned into destruction like a firefly being seduced by the burning light of fire.
The rest-and bulk of the Trillanes Amnesty case dealt simply with the presentation of his written application for amnesty under oath; and the formal admission of his guilt in writing under oath to the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny and the 2007 Peninsula Hotel coup d'etat. That’s all there is to it. The TV footage and the endorsement of the Chairman of the ad hoc committee are not sufficient evidence of compliance with the two requirements. Moreso, the pieces of evidence in his hands should not be presented before the reporters of different TV Channels but before the appropriate court having jurisdiction over his case where the rules of evidence will be followed.
Trillanes tirade the AFP JAGO has no more jurisdiction over him by virtue of his separation from the service is wrong. In the case of LARGO vs. CA, G.R. No. 177244, November 20, 2007, the Supreme Court held: “The jurisdiction that was Ours at the time of the filing of the administrative complaint was not lost by the mere fact that the respondent public official had ceased to be in office during the pendency of his case. The Court retains jurisdiction either to pronounce the respondent official innocent of the charges or declare him guilty thereof.”
Anent the issue of double jeopardy asserted by the Trillanes camp, the dismissal of the case against Trillanes and company by the Makati RTC was on the basis of the amnesty that was null and void from the beginning. Said dismissal was, therefore, the natural consequence of the poisonous tree, thus, the same is also poison.
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