On Tuesday, Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano called on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) not to follow "illegal orders" from President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
Alejano also reminded the military and the police that they are not the President's private armies.
"I'm calling on the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police that they should not follow illegal orders...I'm reminding them that they are not the private army of this President, they are the army of the people," he told reporters waiting outside the room of Trillanes.
Alejano, a former Marine captain, was one of the leaders of the 2003 Oakwood mutiny against the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, along with then-Navy lieutenant Trillanes, among others.
Alejano said that they rebelled against the Arroyo administration over corruption and rights violations.
"Kami po ay nagrebelde sa nakaraang administrasyon ng GMA [Arroyo's initials] dahil sa nakita po namin tahasang paglabag ng karapatan ng taumbayan, ng corruption sa loob ng gobyerno," he said.
Trillanes, Alejano and other Magdalo soldiers were able to avail of amnesty by virtue of Proclamation 75, issued in November 2010 by former President Benigno Aquino III.
On Tuesday, President Duterte revoked Trillanes' amnesty, alleging that the amnesty extended to Trillanes was void from the start because he did not comply with the "minimum requirements to qualify under the amnesty proclamation."
Alejano added that they do not want the military and police to be destroyed because of the whims of one person.
"Ayaw po nating masira ang ating AFP at PNP dahil sa kagustuhan ng iisang tao," he said.
At least 40 personnel from the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and AFP went to the Senate earlier in the day to arrest Trillanes, one of Duterte's most unflagging critics.
SOURCE: GMA News
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