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Sandiganbayan allows Arroyo to attend brother’s wake

/ 02:27 PM August 11, 2015

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

The Sandiganbayan allowed former President and incumbent Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to attend the wake of her late brother Arturo Macapagal.

In a text message to INQUIRER.net, Arroyo’s lawyer Lawrence Arroyo (no relation) said the anti-graft court in a two-page resolution permitted his client to attend Macapagal’s wake today until Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Arroyo on Tuesday morning asked the Sandiganbayan to attend the Mass at Heritage Park in Taguig City at 2 p.m. and stay until 10 p.m. today.

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The former president also sought to attend his brother’s burial on Saturday, but the Sandiganbayan will release a separate decision on the matter.

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Arroyo will shoulder travel costs.

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Sandiganbayan ruled that media interviews and electronic devices will not be allowed throughout Arroyo’s stay outside the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, where she is under hospital arrest for a plunder case.

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The Philippine National Police was also tasked by Sandiganbayan for Arroyo’s security.

Arroyo’s brother passed away at 6:40 a.m. Tuesday at the Makati Medical Center after battling stage 4 prostate cancer. Arroyo was previously granted by Sandiganbayan a five-hour furlough to visit Macapagal on Tuesday. With a report by Erwin Aguilon and Dona Dominguez-Cargullo/TVJ

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