MIKE ARROYO, 7 OTHERS REMOVED FROM IMMIGRATION WATCH LIST ORDER BY DOJ

Mike Arroyo, 7 others taken off Immigration watch list
MARK D. MERUEÑAS, GMA News
11/22/2011 | 12 NN




(Updated 1:34 p.m.) The Department of Justice on Tuesday removed the names of former First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo and several others from the Immigration watch list.

In a one-page order, the DOJ removed Mr. Arroyo from the watch list because the joint panel that investigated the alleged poll fraud in the 2007 mid-term polls found no sufficient evidence to charge him in court.

The others whose names were stricken off the list were former Justice Secretary Alberto Agra, former presidential adviser Gabby Claudio, Bong Serrano, Andrei Tagum, Romy Dayday, Jeremy Javier and one alias "Butch."




"On the basis of the dismissal of the aforementioned cases by the Comelec against them... the legal basis for their continued inclusion in the WLO ceased to exist," the DOJ said.

"Accordingly, their names are hereby ordered deleted from the Bureau of Immigration Watch List unless they are the subject of a WLO or Hold Departure Order in any other case/s," the DOJ added."

Watch list order

The Supreme Court on November 15 temporarily stopped the implementation of the watch list orders the Arroyo couple, who were restricted from traveling abroad due to electoral sabotage complaints filed against them.

SC spokesman and court administrator Jose Midas Marquez said the magistrates issued the TRO under three conditions:

the Arroyo couple will have to pay combined cash bond of P2 million;

the Arroyo couple will also have to appoint a legal representative who should receive all legal documents

the Arroyo should either call or report in person to a Philippine consulate to inform the government of their arrival in a certain country.

Marquez said the TRO is "immediately executory." "Upon filing these conditions or once they are able to comply with these conditions, they can fly already," he said.

Barred from flying

However, despite the TRO on the watch list orders, the Arroyo couple were unable to fly last week to Singapore where former President and incumbent Pampanga Rep. was supposed to seek medical treatment for her bone problem.

On Friday last week, the Arroyos again failed to fly out of the country after an arrest warrant was issued against Mrs. Arroyo for electoral fraud. The charge carries a life sentence.

Mrs. Arroyo was arrested at the St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig, Metro Manila, where she was confined.

The arrest warrant was issued hours after the Commission on Elections filed the electoral fraud case before the Pasay City Regional Trial Court.
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