Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Atty. Jude Sabio have submitted their counter-affidavits for the kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges filed against them.
Based on Trillanes’ counter-affidavit, submitted on Tuesday (October 22), the senator belied the accusations of businesswoman Guillermina Barrido.
Trillanes said Barrido reportedly admitted she was lying based on her statement in April 2017.
“Lumalabas doon na talagang hindi siya kinidnap at unang-una, mayroon siyang cellphone (It showed that she wasn’t really kidnapped and first of all she had a cellphone),” he said.
According to Barrido’s accusations, Trillanes along with the other accused have allegedly kidnapped and detained her in a convent in 2016. She also alleged that she was forced to sign a “ready-made” affidavit against President Rodrigo Duterte.
Meanwhile, Sabio said he saw Barrido twice inside the convent and one time at a mall, proving that she was not forcefully detained.
“Hindi ako pwedeng mag-kidnap tsaka mag-detain ng isang tao para magtestigo laban sa Pangulong Duterte (I cannot kidnap and detain a person to testify against President Duterte),” Sabio said. “Hindi iyan ang trabaho ng isang abogadong tulad ko (That is not the job of a lawyer like me).”
Sabio will also submit the exchange of emails between him and Barrido including videos to support his statement.
Barrido became a witness when a complaint was filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the President, but she reversed her statement saying she was bribed to testify against the President.—AAC (with reports from April Cenedoza)
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