Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has issue an apology on Monday, September 19, 2016 for his demeanor and actions during the Senate hearing on extra judicial killings held last Thursday.
He sent a letter addressed to Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano, in the letter Trillanes explained his action was “brought about because of the intense passion and emotion of the moment. Nonetheless, it was uncalled for.” He assured Cayetano the “incident will not happen again.”
Cayetano for his part accepted Trillanes apology, "take his apology in good faith", he said during an interveiw.
Sen. Cayetano on Sen. Trillanes' apology: I take his apology in good faith pic.twitter.com/MnOl8ahywk— Zandro Ochona (@ZandroDZMM) September 19, 2016
Several sectors have urged the lawmaker to apologize to Cayetano, among them are graduates of the Philippine Military Academy
“We, the undersigned, condemn in the strongest terms your behavior as a bully and your conduct unbecoming of a people’s senator,” according to the online petition initiated by Dan Jimenez, a Philippine Military Academy (PMA) alumnus, on Friday, Sept. 16, and has since been co-handled by Abe Purugganan, likewise a PMA graduate.
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