Arroyos will try to leave again today

MANILA, Philippines — Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband Jose Miguel will try to leave the country again today, Friday, their legal spokesman Raul Lambino said.

Lambino said the Arroyos have booked a flight with Singapore Airlines for 5 p.m. but their flight would only depend on the former president’s health condition and the result of the Supreme Court en banc session which would tackle whether Arroyo should be allowed to travel abroad.

“Her BP [blood pressure] is now okay perhaps after having a good sleep and taking medicine,” Lambino said over the phone.

“It’s important for her to have the appointment [with the doctor] in Singapore. It’s a matter of exercising their constitutional right to travel,” he said.

He added that the government could not prevent the Arroyos from travelling based on a “fabricated case.”

“The DoJ has no choice but to comply with the resolution of the Supreme Court. What we are going to follow here is not just the Supreme Court but the supremacy of the Constitution,” he said.

Lambino said he left the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City around 2 a.m. Friday and that Arroyo still managed to walk up to him and say “hello.”