“Thus, it was immaterial that Binay allegedly failed to mobilize the supporters, and was nowhere to be seen during the Manila Pen siege,” she said in a statement. The 10-year prescriptive period for the crime has not lapsed, she said. She said the crime prescribes in 10 years from discovery, which means the government has until 2017 to prosecute the offender since the siege happened in 2007. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV recently disclosed that Binay, as mayor of Makati, conspired with Magdalo renegade soldiers to mount an attempt to unseat then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2007. He said Binay failed to deliver on his promise to gather a crowd of supporters for the soldiers who walked out of a court hearing to seek the overthrow of the Arroyo administration. They holed themselves up at the Manila Peninsula Hotel before surrendering. Binay’s camp dismissed Trillanes’ claim, accusing him of rewriting history with a revisionist version of the siege. Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/650723/binay-still-liable-for-rebellion-says-santiago#ixzz3J3bIrCwW Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:29:51 +0000
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