Philippine president grants amnesty to rebels
14:30, 12 October 2010
MANILA. October 12. KAZINFORM Philippine President Benigno Aquino III signed Tuesday a proclamation granting amnesty to rebel soldiers, including one senator, involved in military uprisings in 2003 and 2006; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
Aquino told reporters in an interview that the amnesty proclamation will be submitted to Congress for its concurrence.
The President said detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV are among those that will receive amnesty.
Trillanes led a band of soldiers, more known as the Magdalo soldier, in 2003 to demand the resignation of then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other senior officials over corruption allegations. Trilanes was later arrested. In 2007, while in detention, Trillanes campaigned and won as a senator; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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