Miami
July 18, 2008
Story 3: Makati RTC ordered release for 1st Lt. Francisco Ashley Acedillo, one of the Magdalo members
The Makati Regional Trial Court branch 148 ordered the release of one of the Magdalo members involved in Oakwood mutiny after posting bail.
The Magdalo member that was allowed to be released from detention is 1st Lt. Francisco Ashley Acedillo of Philippine Air Force. He is currently detained in Philippine Air Force Custodial Center at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
The order was released last July 18 2008 at around 11:00 am. Its Pairing Judge Cristina Cornejo of Makati RTC Branch148 directed the commanding officer of the PAF Custodial Building at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Major Samuel Tutalan to discharge Acedillo after posting a P50,000 bail.
Acedillo filed for bail last July 17, after the court hearing on his mutiny case on the said court. Since his case is bailable he was allowed to post a bail. It only took many years before he was able to post a bail because of his case on Court Martial.
Acedillo was already discharged from service after the general court martial decided on their verdict that he is guilty, among 10 other officers; Capt. Gary Alejano, Lt. Sg. Andy Torrato, Capt. Segundo Oripiano, Lt. Sg. Eugene Louie Gonzales, Lt. Sg. James Layug, Lt. Sg. Manuel Cabochon, Lt. Jonnel Sangalang, Lt. Jg. Arturo Pascua Jr., Lt. Billy Pascua,and Ens. Armand Pontejos on violating Articles of War 96 or conduct of unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The promulgation on general court martial took place last July 10, 2008 in Camp Aguinaldo.
He was not yet released from his detention in Philippine Air Force because his discharged paper has not yet been signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. But once this was signed he can go home on his family already.
During the Manila Peninsula Siege, Acedillo did not join the other Magdalo members. So, his remaining case only at the Makati RTC is the Oakwood mutiny.
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