Trillanes’ application for amnesty in January 2011

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and other members of the Magdalo group pose for a 'group shot' after applying for government amnesty before the Department of National Defense amnesty committee at Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday. Mark D. Merueñas

Former deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte has released a photo of Senator Antonio Trillanes' IV application for amnesty as well as a video of him filing it back in 2011.

Valte posted a photo of the document on her Twitter account after President Rodrigo Duterte declared the amnesty void. The President had cited a certification from the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel that there is no available copy of Trillanes' application for amnesty.

Trillanes’ application for amnesty must have disappeared into the Room of Requirement, where unwanted or lost things go ;-) pic.twitter.com/X6T48Hpx8v

— Abi Valte (@Abi_Valte) September 4, 2018

However, Valte's post proves that there is an existing copy.

"Trillanes’ application for amnesty must have disappeared into the Room of Requirement, where unwanted or lost things go," she captioned, referencing the disappearing room in the popular book and film series Harry Potter.

Valte also shared an old video of Trillanes submitting the requirements for his amnesty application on her Twitter account.

Sen. Trillanes did not file an amnesty application? Too much bukbok rice, it seems. Here’s a video of the filing of that application https://t.co/VdPi0LSfXT

— Abi Valte (@Abi_Valte) September 4, 2018

"Sen. Trillanes did not file an amnesty application? Too much bukbok rice, it seems. Here’s a video of the filing of that application," she said.

Trillanes and the other Magdalo soldiers were able to avail of amnesty by virtue of Proclamation 75, issued in November 2010 by then-President Benigno Aquino III and later concurred in by Congress.

Trillanes and the other soldiers filed their amnesty application before the DND on January 5, 2011, which was widely covered by the media.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV shows his application for amnesty to reporters at Camp Aguinaldo in this 2011 file photo. Mark Adrian

That proclamation granted amnesty to all active and former personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and their supporters, who committed acts or omissions punishable under the Revised Penal Code, the Articles of War or other special laws related to the following:

• the July 27, 2003 Oakwood Mutiny;
• the February 2006 Marines Stand-Off;
• the November 29, 2007 Manila Peninsula Incident, and/or related incidents "provided that amnesty shall not cover crimes against chastity and other crimes committed for personal ends."

Signed by Duterte on August 31,  2018, Proclamation No. 572 stated 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."

Duterte has already directed the Department of Justice and Court Martial of the AFP to pursue all criminal and administrative cases filed against Trillanes in connection with the Oakwood and Manila Peninsula incidents. — MDM, GMA News