Arroyo asks Sandiganbayan for birthday furlough | Inquirer News

Arroyo asks Sandiganbayan for birthday furlough

/ 04:36 PM March 10, 2014

Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Former President now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asked the Sandiganbayan to allow her to celebrate her birthday in her hometown.

In her 4-page motion filed Monday, Arroyo is asking the high court for a furlough from April 4 to 6 to celebrate her 67th birthday in her hometown in Lubao, Pampanga.

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Arroyo’s birthday is on April 5.

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Arroyo added that she would shoulder the expenses if her request for a furlough will be granted.

The anti-graft court’s first division is set to hear the motion on March 13.

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She is facing a plunder case for allegedly funneling money from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) confidential fund for over three years during her presidency.

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