By Raïssa Robles

Recently, President Rodrigo Duterte made a move, apparently without even consulting the top brass of the military. He gave orders to arrest and court martial the former junior naval officer-turned-senator Antonio Trillanes. For a 15-year-old crime.

I had never ever interviewed Trillanes.

I had specialized in interviewing Muslim rebels.

This story, therefore, is my first ever interview with him. The story below is the first of two features that I am doing on the topic. [READ MORE…]