JUDGE SHOPPING FOR FIVE STAR JAIL FOR LADY GLORIA ARROYO

Pasay RTC judge shops for 'VIP' jail
By Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Julie M. Aurelio, Miko Morelos
Philippine Daily Inquirer 2:47 am | Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 2share26 24
'DETENTION SITE SHOPPING' Pasay City Regional Trial Court Judge Jesus Mupas (right) and Luisito Maaño, an orthopedic surgeon, discuss a possible detention site for former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during an inspection of the Philippine Orthopedic Center on Banawe Street, Quezon City. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
Will it be the hospital room previously occupied by suspected mass murderer Andal Ampatuan Sr. or the Joseph Estrada suite?

Where former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be detained while she is facing charges of electoral sabotage is being mulled by her jailor, Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC).

Mupas issued the warrant of arrest against Arroyo, now a Pampanga representative, on November 18 hours after finding probable cause in the criminal complaint filed by the Commission on Elections.

On Monday, Mupas visited three Quezon City hospitals run by the government and the detention quarters at the Southern Police District in Taguig City, but kept mum on where Arroyo will be finally incarcerated while she undergoes trial for allegedly rigging results of the 2007 senatorial elections in Maguindanao.

At the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center, Mupas inspected the room where Ampatuan, accused mastermind of the November 2009 massacre of 57 people, was confined for three days following his arrest.

Mupas arrived there at 1:30 p.m. and, according to an AFP hospital staff member, took about 10 minutes to complete his inspection of the second floor room. He did not ask to be shown the best room in the hospital, which is reserved for the defense secretary and VIP guests. The room is spacious and is the only room that has a receiving area.

The judge later proceeded to Veterans' Memorial Medical Center, also in Quezon City, at 2 p.m. He reportedly stayed for 20 minutes as he inspected the presidential suite where former President Joseph Estrada, ousted in January 2001, served his hospital arrest, asking questions on medical staff and facilities.

"Of course we also have to consider that she is a former President," said RTC Clerk of Court Joel Pelicano, who accompanied Mupas. "We have for guidance the experience with former President Joseph Estrada," he told reporters.

Another stop was at Philippine Orthopedic Center, where a room said to be fit for Arroyo, who is under treatment for a rare bone ailment, featured air-conditioning and a toilet and bath.

Redecorated office

During the visit at the Southern Police District headquarters at 11:30 a.m., the judge was shown by Senior Superintendent James Bucayu, deputy director and officer in charge, the cell meant for Arroyo, a 21-square meter redecorated office previously used by reporters.

There's a bed, an air-conditioning unit, a sink with running water and a bamboo sofa. Arroyo could bring there other fixtures she needs, Bucayu said. If she planned to bring a TV set, Bucayu said it would be all right since "she was President and it could not be considered a luxury."

Mupas ignored reporters who asked about his thoughts on the police cell.

"He just listened and did not say anything," Bucayu later said. Should the court decide on the police premises, Bucayu said he would have a perimeter fence constructed around the area.

Female guards would be posted there to attend to Arroyo's personal needs, like going to the toilet and bath room a few steps outside the room, he explained.


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[naglantaw]

oo nga ang daming tangang pilipino,,,na ang kanilang pinoprotektahan ay nagkasala sa batas!!!! we support our beloved president aquino,,,his doing the right thing,,,he just do his job in honest way,,,,soon we will be reunited as one .....aquino party they are just cleaning what is the mess of the privious administration that full of corrupt

[TheJane0911]

And dami pa rin talagang TANGANG PILIPINO...!!!!! kaya walang asenso..!!!

[Opmusiq]

@Kingping898 copy paste nanaman ung comment mo

[Kingping898]

kanino na maniwala ang taong bayan kung ang ibang justices sa Supreme Court d'yan ay nakatanggap ng pera galing sa pamilyang Arroyo. They have all the power to reject of all the cases of Gloria Arroyos' Family. It's time now to give our moral and general support to DOJ and not the decision of the Supreme Court. Ipawalang-bisa lahat ang kaso ng mga Arroyo sa Supreme Court!!!! Just watch!!! Paano natin makamtan ang pagbabago sa ating bansa kung marami pa rin ang mga buwaya sa puesto!!!!

[jglock1]

palagi nalang, lahat ng mga galamay na mga kabinete ni arroyo na ginamit nya pag nakaw ng pera ng bayan pag na imbestegahan na bigla nalang magkasakit at toloy mag wheel chair na papunta ng imbestagation panel, ngayun sa ka huli hulihan si gloria the master mind of all thieves na naman ang nagkasakit at ngayun ay nag wheel chair na, kawawang magnanakaw nato ang galing umarte, harapin mo ang kaso mo nakakarma kana sa pagnanakaw nyo!