At least six Facebook pages are circulating a quote attributed to former senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV allegedly warning that Supreme Court justices may be impeached if they do not reverse their decision declaring Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment “unconstitutional.” This is fake.
In an FB post on Feb. 1, featuring a photo of the prominent Duterte administration critic with the Supreme Court in the background, the quote card reads:
“Trillanes nagbabala na maaaring maimpeach ang mga justice [SC] kung hindi babaliktarin ang desisyon kay VP Sara.”
(Trillanes warns that [Supreme Court] justices could be impeached if they do not reverse their decision regarding VP Sara.)
Five versions of this quote card circulated on the platform the following day. These subsequent posts used different photos of the former senator. They carried lengthy captions that started with the warnings:
“MGA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MAAARING MA-IMPEACH KAPAG HINDI BUMALIKTAD SA KANILANG DESISYON – TRILLANES”
“Trillanes, nagbabala ng impeachment trial laban sa mga justices ng Korte Suprema”
The posts further claim that Trillanes issued these warnings during an appearance on the program “Laban para sa Karapatan.”
These posts are fake. The former Philippine naval officer never made such statements.
Trillanes has not appeared as a guest on the “Laban para sa Karapatan” program of DWIZ 882 radio station to discuss the SC’s recent ruling, nor does the program have any record of such an interview.
A review of the former senator’s official Facebook account shows no record of him making such a threat. Neither are there reports from legitimate news organizations or mainstream media outlets about this.
The fabricated quote cards surfaced days after the Supreme Court issued its Jan. 29 final ruling unanimously declaring the 2025 impeachment articles against the Vice President unconstitutional due to the “one-year bar” rule.
As of writing, the viral quote cards published by Facebook pages Masang Pilipino (created in December 2016), Pinoy Trending (created December 2014), and Huli (created May 2017) have collectively garnered 94,976 reactions, 21,041 comments, and 1,301 shares.
