Arroyo leaves hospital detention for Christmas furlough
Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. AP FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–Former President and incumbent Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo left the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City on Tuesday morning for her Christmas furlough.
A radio report said Arroyo left the VMMC, where she has been under hospital arrest since 2011 for plunder, at 10:17 a.m. and headed for her La Vista residence in Quezon City. The court allowed her to spend Christmas only at this house.
Arroyo was aboard a white minibus escorted by police vehicles and motorcycles.
Arroyo’s furlough is from 10 a.m. Tuesday to 2 p.m. of Friday, December 26.
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