Trillanes Part Deux
A day before the Philippine Celebration of Katipunan Founder Andres Bonifacio’s birthday (Bonifacio led the revolution against the Spaniards in 1898), Trillanes stormed The Peninsula Manila in the business district of Makati City.
It was the same Trillanes who led about 100 soldiers several years ago and held up Oakwood (a hotel owned by the Ascott Group) to protest against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo.
It was a sign of public disgust against Arroyo that Trillanes (who was in jail at the time) got 11 million votes in the last Senate elections. After about 6 hours of stand-off, the Philippine National Police teargassed the hotel, and forced Trillanes’ group to surrender.
Read the story from the Philippine Daily Inquirer below.
Trillanes, Lim arrested; Makati standoff ends
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:58pm (Mla time) 11/29/2007MANILA, philippines — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Brigadier General Danilo Lim, have been arrested.
Former vice president Teofisto Guinogona joined the two inside the Philippine National Police bus.
The arrests on Lim and Trillanes were effected shortly after they declared that they were leaving the hotel where they held a six-hour siege to demand the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Trillanes and his group decided to end the standoff after government troops threw teargas at the hotel lobby and an armored personnel carrier rammed the entrance.
“We’re going out for the sake of the safety of everybody, for your sake because we cannot live with our conscience if some of you get hurt or get killed in the crossfire,” said Trillanes, addressing the media.
“If there’s a loser here it’s the Filipino nation because she’s [Arroyo] still there,” he added, noting that he was ready to face the consequences of his action.
Brigadier General Danilo Lim, who was with Trillanes, said this was not the end, calling the incident an “unfinished business.”
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