Reelectionist Arroyo votes in Pampanga

Pampanga congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Detained former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is running for reelection as a member of the House of Representatives, voted in her home province of Pampanga after a court allowed her to temporarily leave hospital detention.

READ: SC grants Gloria Arroyo furlough to vote

Wearing a neck brace and guarded by police, Arroyo waved at other voters as she walked into a voting center in Pampanga’s Lubao town, accompanied by her husband.

The 69-year-old Arroyo, who is suffering from a neck ailment, finished her tumultuous nine-year term in 2010. Since then, she has been separately charged with vote fraud and  was eventually detained.

She has accused her successor, Benigno Aquino III, of pursuing a political vendetta. Mr. Aquino was elected by a landslide margin on a promise to rid the Philippines of corruption and vowed to prosecute Arroyo and her inner circle, accusing them of stealing money for personal gain and blaming them for a culture of impunity in which corrupt practices flourished. Arroyo has denied any wrongdoing./rga

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