Is Trillanes Corrupt?

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Unexplained luxury cars

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Bautista said a junior officer of Trillanes’ rank at that time had a salary of around P22,000.

But based on Land Transportation Office (LTO) records presented during the Feliciano Commission hearings in 2003, Trillanes was the registered owner of a Nissan Terrano, Mitsubishi Pajero, five Mitsubishi Delica vans, and a motorcycle.

“How can he afford those luxury vehicles with his pay as a junior officer? It seems Trillanes has a thing for luxury vehicles, aside from his affection for luxury hotels which he is fond of taking over,” Bautista said.

According to the records of the LTO, the following vehicles are registered under Trillanes’ name:

•Mitsubishi Pajero, license plate RIZ-222 model 2000

•Nissan Terrano, license plate UJW-717, model 1996

•Mitsubishi Delica, license plate XBD-542

•Mitsubishi Delica, license plate XCZ-552

•Mitsubishi Delica, license plate XBF-574

•Mitsubishi Delica, license plates XBY-183

•Mitsubishi Delica, license plates WLU-445

•Kawasaki motorcycle, license plate PH-6949, model 1995.

“If he says that his crusade is against corruption, then he should start with himself, being the owner of eight expensive vehicles,” he said.

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[tonioyantao]

since when nahimog luxury car ang delica? "mitsubishi l300"?

[unswa]

If dili brand new, possible kaayo ni nga ma afford. Unless ug ilang i prove walay lain income si Trillanes then boo! Try harder.

It could be that these 5 Delicas are used as PUVs and the income is used to pay the car's acquisition. It is like a condo unit, you let somebody rent it and the rent fee goes to the bank as payment for the loan.

P.S. Naa man gani motor ang tawong klaro kaayong walay income.

[tonioyantao]

2000 pajero
1996 pathfinder
as luxury cars?
kanang delica or l300 claro surplus na kay delica man naka butang
binay camp must be desperate.

[MaInEvEnT]

I do honestly think everyone in the gov't/politics are corrupt or have been corrupt...

[rockrhyan1982]

Wa mani kaabot ug 2M ang worth ani nga sakyanan..mahal pa ang elevator sa anak ni binay.

[kitloy]

everybody is corrupt sa pulitika ..

ang uban kay sobra ra kaayo..

pero delica as luxury cars? lels kaayo ..

[bleedingboi]

From Senator Trillanes:

"This is in response to the Press Release of the United Nationalist Alliance regarding the alleged eight luxury vehicles I owned when I was in the military, which were said to be undeclared in my SALN. This is a baseless and desperate move by VP Binay’s camp in order to misdirect the corruption cases hurled against him.

It is apparent that VP Binay’s camp is reviving an old issue which has been dismissed by the Ombudsman and the Court. This matter was raised at the height of GMA administration wherein the CIDG filed cases against us, including this issue, due to Magdalo’s corruption exposés against the said administration. This case regarding the alleged vehicles was dismissed because the documents the CIDG submitted in support of its allegation were found to be spurious.

To set the record straight, here are the facts on the matter:
1. First, I did not own the said luxury vehicles enumerated in UNA’s PR. In truth, what I owned was a second-hand 1996 Nissan Terrano, which is not considered a luxury vehicle and which I sold in 2007 to finance my senatorial campaign.
2. I have never ever owned a Kawasaki motorbike. In fact, I have never driven and I do not know how to ride a motorbike, not even once in my life. My license restriction can easily prove this fact.
3. As for the Pajero with license plate RIZ-222, the true owner thereof, a certain Darlito Roca, operations officer of Lydia's Lechon, has surfaced to claim and acknowledge his ownership thereof. An article published by the Philippine Star in August 2003, detailed the explanation of the said owner on this issue. (see: Lechon vendor owns SUV linked to mutineer by Jaime Laude, August 14, 2003)
4. With regard to the five Delicas, the actual and beneficial owner thereof is my mother, a businesswoman who bought the same from the proceeds of a P2-million loan she obtained from a bank sometime in October 2000. Delicas are not luxury vehicles. In fact, they can be bought in lots for as low as P100,000 to P150,000 each. The intention was to operate a van rental service using these vehicles. These old vehicles, however, proved too costly to maintain. Hence, my mother opted to sell and dispose some of them."

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Mr. Binay, the man has given his brief but detailed explanation. Now please explain yours instead of pointing your dark fingers to another person.

[H.Wolowitz]

hehe case closed na ts per above post?

sorry ts peru wala jd palusot imu binay sa oplan nognog ni abnoy haha

[jntio]

wala namna guro mapili ts puro buotan