Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV says he is “not welcome” in the Senate impeachment court, after he was not issued a subpoena to testify in relation to Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged unexplained wealth. Senate impeachment court spokesperson Atty. Reginald Tongol responds that the belief is a “baseless assumption.”
Tongol says the impeachment court and senator-judges do not hold such an impression of Trillanes, emphasizing that the court has not conveyed any message suggesting he would be excluded. Both outlets report that Trillanes drew the conclusion from the lack of a subpoena, while Tongol maintains that no such stance exists from the impeachment court itself.
Overall, the accounts focus on the dispute over whether Trillanes is being deliberately kept from the proceedings. The outlets agree on the core statements: Trillanes’ claim that he is unwelcome, and Tongol’s clarification that this perception is unsupported.
