Inquest ends; no decision yet on filing of charges
List of detainees (provided by the Philippine National Police)
1. Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr.
2. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV y Fuentes
3. Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim y de la Paz
4. Bishop Julio Labayen
5. Rev. Father Robert P. Reyes
6. Atty. J.V. Bautista
7. Atty. Argee Guevarra
8. Herman T. Laurel
9. Leonido Toledo Jr.
10. Evangeline Gatdula Mendoza
11. Jose A. Albert
12. Eduardo R. Castro
13. Ferdinand Sandoval
14. Myrna H. Buendia
15. Julio Ancheta
16. Estrella Guingona
17. Dominador Ireneo Rull Jr.
18. Maamor D. Lanto
19. Julius Mesa y Julliza
20. 1Lt. Billy Pascua y Salcedo
21. Lt. Andy Torrato y Gebilaguin
22. Ltsg. Manuel Cabochan y de Guzman
23. Lt. Eugene Louie Gonzales
24. Ltsg. James Arandia Layug
25. Romeo Solis y Campato
26. Romeo S. Dacles
27. Capt. Segundino Orfiano y Pidot Jr.
28. Roel Gaduin y Juliano
29. Rhonnmel Rivero y Lorete
30. Francisco Nemenzo
31. Julian Advincula y Lacoste (retired Navy captain)
32. Francisco Bosi y Narag
33. Leodor Dela Cruz y Giol
34. Sonny Madarang
35. Cezari Yassir T. Gonzales
36. Elizabeth Orteza Siguion Reyna
37. Francisco Penaflor
38. Ryan Custodio
39. Atty. Elsid Fajardo
40. Antonio Trillanes III y Fuentes
41.Cpl Clecarte Dahan y Danda
42. Pfc Juanito S. Jilbury
43. 1Lt Jonnel P. Sangalang
44. Capt Garry Alejano y Cajolo
45. Lt JG Arturo Pascua Jr.
46. Pfc Emmanuel Tirador
47. Ens Armand Pontejos y Garrido
48. Pfc German Linde Manuel
49. Edgardo Tulaylay y Viana
50. Rey A. Linaac
Inquest proceedings into a six-hour siege of the Manila Peninsula hotel Thursday in the Makati business district ended at 1:00 a.m. Saturday, but government prosecutors have yet to decide whether to bring charges of rebellion and inciting to rebellion against the persons arrested.
Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco, who led the four-man prosecuting panel, said they would issue a resolution on or before Monday.
“Until we issue a resolution, those arrested will stay in detention or under the police custody,” Velasco told reporters after the inquest proceedings. “We will make a resolution as soon as possible. We also do not want to prolong the agony of the complaint respondents.”
State Prosecutor Aristotle Reyes said the 36-hour legal period for detention of those arrested would lapse at 7:00 a.m. Saturday but the decision-making of the prosecutors was not included in that timeframe.
Reyes said what was crucial was to conduct the inquest within 36 hours from arrest. “After this, we could decide within a reasonable time,” he told reporters.
An object of debate during the inquest was “clerical errors” in the complaint filed by the National Capital Region-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (NCR-CIDG) of the Philippine National Police, such as in the names of four respondents.
Lawyer Theodore Te, who represented more than of the 10 persons arrested, filed a motion to dismiss the charges against several respondents because their names were not in the affidavit of arrest signed by the police operatives.
NCR-CIDG legal counsel Virgilio Pablico said the listed names of some of those arrested had only their middle names as last names but they were the same persons.
He admitted the name errors could be partly the fault of the NCR-CIDG.
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NCR-CIDG chief Senior Superintendent Asher Dolina said investigators were working double-time and were also attending to other cases, including the explosion at the House of Representatives last month that killed several persons, including a congressman.
Meanwhile, several of those arrested Thursday and have since been released and placed in the custody of other persons are not guaranteed that no charges will be brought against them, Dolina said.
These include former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, actress Bibeth Orteza and former University of the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo.
Dolina said Guingona was brought to a hospital for a medical checkup and placed in his wife’s custody.
Orteza was released to the custody of her husband, Carlos Siguion-Reyna,Marc Jacobs Handbags, because of her health condition. Orteza is a cancer patient.
Nemenzo was also released during the proceedings, and will be placed in the custody of Representative Risa Hontiveros of the Akbayan party-list group.