Malacañang on Thursday said the “time of reckoning” had come after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pleaded “not guilty” to a charge of electoral sabotage—the second Philippine leader in postwar history to be brought to court for criminal prosecution.
President Benigno Aquino III’s spokesman welcomed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s arraignment on a charge of electoral sabotage at a Pasay City on Thursday, saying justice may now take its course.
Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is back at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City Thursday after pleading “not guilty” to the electoral sabotage case filed against her by the Commission on Elections.
A convoy of two white coaster vans, one of which is expected to have former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and security are near the Pasay regional trial court.
Court hearings in Pasay City were put on hold until after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been arraigned, say police.
A security convoy with two white coaster vans left the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City early Thursday but it wasn’t clear whether former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was in any of the vehicles.
The ground commander for the security force assigned to maintain order around the vicinity of Veterans Memorial Medical Center has arrived and is now inside the room of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a police officer said Thursday.
Security tightened Thursday around the vicinity of the government-run hospital where former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been confined as she prepares to leave for her scheduled arraignment before a local court.
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has arrived at the Veterans’ Memorial Medical Center (VMMC).
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her security convoy left St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig and was on her way to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City.
The Philippine National Police is insisting that former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo travel by air, her spokesman said Friday.
A convoy from the St. Luke’s Medical Center has arrived at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center at around 10:40 a.m.
Heavy rain pounded Metro Manila during the morning of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s scheduled transfer from St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City.
