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Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was arrested for rebellion, following a previous ruling by the president to revoke an amnesty granted to the senator for his involvement in a number of coup attempts more than a decade ago.
The Makati Regional Court issued the arrest warrant after the country's Supreme Court refused to support the senator on the validity of the amnesty.
Images posted by the Manila-based network showed that Trillanes had his picture taken as part of the booking process.
The issuance of the warrant ends an impasse that began in late August, when Duterte published an advertisement in national newspapers, claiming that clemency for the senator had been rescinded because of his "absence of amnesty and his refusal. "
The threat of an impending arrest as a result of the announcement forced Trillanes to stay in the Senate, where, given his duties, he enjoys constitutional immunity from arrest.
The deposit was fixed at 200,000 P ($ 3,680). Trillanes is forbidden to leave the country under the bond.
"Cooling effect"
Rights groups have criticized the senator's arrest. "The arrest today of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is part of the persecution of critics of the Duterte administration, the latest in the bitter campaign to silence those who dared to challenge the President's murderous war "Carlos Conde, researcher, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch said.
"The arrest of Trillanes today has a deterrent effect among critics of the Duterte administration."
Trillanes, a former vice-presidential candidate for Duterte, interviewed police chief Ronald Del Rosa about extrajudicial executions in the bloody and protracted Duterte drug war. which worked under the president while he was mayor of Davao City in the south of the country.
The senator, a former naval officer, was pardoned in 2011 by President Benigno Aquino for his involvement in three coup attempts in 2003, 2006, and 2007 during the presidency of Gloria Arroyo – the mutiny of the United States. Oakwood in July 2003 the incident of the peninsula of Manila in 2007.
"Frank and unfounded lies"
Trillanes told CNN in early September that he believed the Times' proclamation was based on "dubious and unfounded lies" and that he and his legal team would question the validity of this presidential statement. " "
He added that, along with the video evidence of his application for amnesty, he was in possession of an amnesty certificate that had been handed to him by the Aquino administration.
At that time, it was decided that Trillanes should not be arrested until a warrant was issued by the Makati court.
She always insisted that she was not involved in the drug trade.
