Ret. Gen. Renato Abat Arrested for Inciting Sedition

[websniper]

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Police on Thursday detained former defense secretary Fortunato Abat a day after he declared himself head of a provisional government and urged the armed forces to withdraw their support for President Arroyo.

Abat, 80, was bundled into an unmarked police van and taken in for questioning with two other members of his self-proclaimed Cabinet to face possible charges of inciting to sedition, the authorities said.

There was no indication that either the military or the people were taking Abat’s call to overthrow Mrs. Arroyo very seriously, although rumors of a coup plot have been rife for weeks in Manila.

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[tolstoi]

serves him right for being a senile..organizing his own interim government and calling the people to revolt wont do any good to him and to the country.

[websniper]

Well, for me he is entitled for his own entertainment.

[potterboy]

he should've postponed his coup plot in january. lol!

[estor_boot]

duna man sad ni silay sakop diri sa Cebu bai, dba? like, Atty. Salvador Solima, Ret. Gen. Hermosa. will they be included in the case that will be filed by the DOJ today? i even once heard Gen. Hermosa's interview over the radio, with all due respect to these former member of the Armed Forces, i think they lost their sanity. or it might be because of their old age?

[FK]

onsa man jud ning Inciting to Sedition?

kong mag plano ka og himo og government imo2x ra... inciting to sedition na ba na?

[samsungster]

The Department of Justice on Friday sued former defense secretary Fortunato Abat and three members of his "revolutionary transition government" with inciting to sedition.

Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco filed the charges before the San Juan Metropolitan Trial Court before 1 p.m.

He said Abat issued seditious statements when he declared the formation of a "transition government" at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan, late Tuesday.

He said Abat, ex-ambassador Roy Señeres, ex-budget secretary Salvador Enriquez and lawyer Carlos Serapio, can be freed after paying P12,000 each before the San Juan Metropolitan Trial Court.

[pandisal]

onsa man jud ning Inciting to Sedition?

kong mag plano ka og himo og government imo2x ra... inciting to sedition na ba na?

common man... you know better than that.....

[FK]

common man... you know better than that.....

honestly bai... i will not pretend to know exactly the law about this, but what really constitutes inciting to sedition.

[tolstoi]

SEDITION: An illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

INCTING: Provoke or stir up