GLORIA ARROYO IN HOSPITAL ARREST. PMA TO INVESTIGATE IF ST LUKE'S DOCTORS ARE JUST PROTECTING GMA

Gloria Arroyo is charged with a crime she signed into law in January 2007
November 22, 2011

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's case is "THE TEST CASE" for the crime of electoral sabotage.- Congressman Edcel Lagman, a close Arroyo ally

My exclusive, By Raïssa Robles

History repeats itself.

In 2001, former President Joseph Estrada was charged and arrested for the crime of economic plunder -- a law that he voted "Yes" to while still a senator.

Last week, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was charged and arrested for the crime of electoral sabotage -- a new election offense that she and her allies had inserted in Republic Act 9369.

This law is more widely known as the Election Automation Law. As the Philippine President then, Arroyo signed RA 9369 into law on January 23, 2007 -- barely four months before the 2007 elections.

She is accused of masterminding the cheating during the 2007 polls, which allegedly benefited her 12 senatorial candidates particularly Juan Miguel Zubiri. If you recall, Zubiri was proclaimed a winning senator in 2007. But last August, he abruptly and tearfully vacated his Senate seat, saying he was the unwitting beneficiary of poll fraud.

Yesterday, I discussed in a piece entitled Gloria Arroyo's downfall actually started in July how a long chain of events led to the arrest of Arroyo. This started with the claim of one of Arroyo's staunchest political allies, Zaldy Ampatuan, that his warlord family cheated for Arroyo's senatorial candidates in 2007.

Other witnesses have since surfaced and as a result, Arroyo is now the first high government official ever to be charged with the crime of electoral sabotage.

Congressman Edcel Lagman

Arroyo's case is "THE TEST CASE" for this capital crime, Arroyo's long-time political ally Congressman Edcel Lagman confirmed to me in an interview.

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PMA surgeon backs hospital arrest for Arroyo
By Jaymee T. Gamil
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:33 pm | Monday,
November 21st, 2011

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Medical Association may not agree that Pampanga congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo needs medical treatment abroad, but it advises that she be detained in the hospital rather than in jail.
PMA Manila governor and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Leo Olarte expressed his approval of Arroyo's hospital arrest at the sidelines of the Kapihan sa Diamond Hotel media forum on Monday, saying: "The hospital is the appropriate place for a sick person, whether he is an ordinary or [prominent] citizen."
Olarte earlier criticized the Arroyo camp's claim that she should get her bone biopsy abroad. He insisted that local doctors were well qualified to take on the job.
At this point, however, even Olarte admits that Arroyo's present condition calls for her continued stay at the hospital despite some quarters calling for her to be put behind bars.
"She has an intestinal infection that can lead to dehydration. Her fluids and electrolytes need to be examined and balanced, and that would need special hospital equipment and a laboratory that won't be present in a detention cell. She also has anorexia nervosa and that would need a special food supplement," Olarte told the Inquirer.
But Olarte maintained Arroyo's medical condition was not "life-threatening" enough to warrant immediate treatment abroad, and even if it were, all the more she "would not be fit to travel."
"It is stressful to go on long flights. If it is an emergency, she should get treatment here. Hypoparathyroidism can easily be fixed by doctors," he said.
He advised that instead of focusing on the bone biopsy, Arroyo's doctors should focus on treating her intestinal infection and anorexia nervosa first.
"I hope she will recover from the infection in five to seven days, but as for the anorexia, perhaps caused by a lack of appetite, it depends on the depression and the stress she's suffering," Olarte said.
Also reacting to statements made by Arroyo's spokesperson Ma. Elena Bautista-Horn that they never received a recommendation from Olarte, he said the PMA had long provided a "hundred-item" list of local specialists who can treat Arroyo, all of whom, he said, are members of the Philippine Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (PSEM).
"They have a right to choose. It won't be ethical for me to choose for them, but we have given them a group of specialists to choose from. Anyone can Google them or look them up at the PSEM website," he said.
He said the Supreme Court and the Palace could consult the PMA on whether Arroyo needed to travel abroad for treatment, as "the PMA is authoritative enough to say whether there are medical specialists in the Philippines to treat a particular disease."
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/98109/pma-surgeon-backs-hospital-arrest-for-arroyo

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[TheLionking1970]

talaga namang itong mga politician natin karamihan eh mga plastic, kya hirap umasenso ang ating bansa, pls, be honest to yourself...

[TheLionking1970]

ang napansin kong nagtatanggol lang sa kanya eh yung mga bayarin na mga abogado.

[TheLionking1970]

Parang walang naaawa kay gloria arroyo.

[pakibasamo]

ikulong na yang UNANO na yan

[kenrick1919]

tang ina mo arroyo arte mo lang yan!!!dapat sau sinusunog sa ginawa mong pg nanakaw at pandaraya sa mga pera ng taong bayan!!!

[ronnieamigo000]

Hello Garci.. ikaw ba yan? ako nga mam.... ulul... hindi ako si arroyo. tatanong ko lang garci kung totoong may problema si gloria sa leeg, totoo ba yun? totoo yun sir, pero hindi masyadong grabe. gusto nya lang makalusot sa lahat ng kaso nya kaya gusto nyang lumabas ng bansa. ginagago mo ata ako garci? totoo yun sir kahit tanong nyo kay ampatuan at abalos... gago ka ano eh kakulay nyo yun eh..

[ronnieamigo000]

Hello Garci....? ikaw ba yan? ako mga mam... may problema kc ako, masakit ang leeg ko. madali lang yang mam... mam.. pwede natin dayain... kunyari may sakit ka sa boto sa leeg. at ipahilot nyo mam kay ampatuan...  yung sa boto nyo man sa mindanao inaayos na ni espiron... wla ng ibidens. at kung may problema daw ng konti bahala naraw mam si abalos... paiibistigahan nya raw pag malinis ang election pag nakita nya raw na puro pangalan nyo wla na raw imbistiga.