Trillanes slams Enrile over bypass claim: 'Check you facts'

Former senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Antonio Trillanes IV (ctto)

 

Binalewala ni dating senador Antonio Trillanes IV ang bintang na kanyang na “bypassed” ang dating diplomat ng bansa sa China matapos ang pagsasagawa ng backchannel talk sa alitan sa Scarborough Shoal.

Nauna rito, sinabi ng dating mambabatas na si Juan Ponce Enrile na  “na bypassed” ni Trillanes ang dating Philippine Ambassador to China na si Sonia Brady nang gawin nito ang backchannel negotiation sa territorial rift sa pagitan ng China at Pilipinas.

"Why did I bypass Amb. Brady? Check your facts Mr. Enrile. Amb. Brady first went to Beijing in early August or late July when I was wrapping up the backchannel talks," saad ni Trillanes sa Twitter

"She was never present at any backchannel meeting from May to July," aniya pa

Dagdag pa ni Trillanes, ipinaalam niya umano kay Brady ang tungkol sa mga pag-uusap tungkol sa 2012 standoff sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa sa Asya sa Scarborough Shoal.

"Upon her arrival, at the first instance, I briefed her on the whole talks at the Ph Embassy with no Chinese present. That was the only time I met her. After that briefing, I concluded the backchannel talks," ayon sa dating senador

Ayun pa kay Trillanes maaaring umanong magtanong si Enrile sa media na nag cover ng foreign affairs noon bilang patunay.

"Don't take my word for it. Our media friends assigned at DFA can check when she first arrived in Beijing, not when she was appointed as Amb," anito

Sa Talk to the Nation noong nakaraang linggo, kinuwestiyon ni Enrile ang papel ni Trillanes bilang backroom negotiator sa territorial dispute noong administrasyong Aquino.

"We probably need to know where Trillanes' connections in Beijing came from. How did he get connections there, when even I, who had been a guest of Beijing, didn't have the kind of connections he had where he could approach the leaders of China," ani Enrile sa wikang Tagalog

"Ang problema ko diyan bakit si Trillanes? Bakit binypass niya yung embahada natin sa Beijing? At sa impression ko, pati si del Rosario na kalihim ng foreign affairs noon ay binypass din nya. Walang kamuwang-muwang si del Rosario sa meeting na yun sa Beijing," saad pa nito