Big name bloggers for Antonio Trillanes

Dean Jorge Bocobo likes Lt. Sg. Antonio Trillanes and hopes he wins a senate seat.

In a related development, Lt. Sg. Antonio Trillanes IV, leader of the Magdalo group of army officers who mutineed against high level corruption in the Military in 2003, has filed his Certificate of Candidacy for the Philippine Senate. I think his case must be carefully distinguished from that of Gringo Honasan, also under arrest for rebellion in the matter of the Oakwood Mutiny, who will also be running for the Senate. I hope Trillanes makes it, but not Gringo. Trillanes has a real cause which I think Gringo is only exploiting for his own aggrandizement.

Ang masasabi ko lang ay tama si Trillanes re the corruption and the need for reforms inside the military.

I think DJB's endorsement of Trillanes is a big deal for somebody like me who is not really all that excited about the Trillanes candidacy. And if this administration is willing to put a guy like Gringo Honasan in their "Unity Ticket", then this will boost Trillanes' viability as a candidate if he runs under the Opposition slate.

Ellen Tordesillas is for Trillanes too. Ito ang sabi nya sa senate selection ng opposisyon:

Mas maganda pa sana kung masama si Sonny Trillanes ng Magdalo. Ang kanyang programa ay labanan ang corruption sa military. Malaki na ang puhunan ni Trillanes para sa kanpakanan ng bayan. Hanggang ngayon ay nakakulong pa siya.

Ellen also reports that the arroyo administration has also approached Trillanes to run under the "United Administration":

Trillanes said negotiations are now ongoing for him to join the slate of the United Opposition.

“I am open to the opposition’s invitation,” he said.

The administration also approached him and is convincing him to run under its ticket, he said.

Presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor said those want to be included in the administration slate should agree to help the administration in realizing the goals and programs it has set until 2010.

Defensor also said that Trillanes, by filing his COC, showed he still believes in the election process.

And last but not the least, si MLQ3, who did not endorse Trillanes, but said this:

The Senate race, with a week to go before the filing deadline arrives and the race truly begins, becomes even more frenzied in terms of jockeying horse trading. Last week, a PR person of Antonio Trillanes contacted me, asking if I’d be willing to meet him. I said, sure. I might, this week, but obviously it was in preparation for his senate candidacy. It will be interesting to find out why he’s running though. An officer I talked to recently (who didn’t side with the rebels) said applications to the Philippine Military Academy increased dramatically after the Oakwood Mutiny.

Hmmm...