Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Requested To Be House Arrest Due To Health Problems

The camp of Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Announced that they may appeal to the court that Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to grant there request that the later to be house arrested in her house due to its health conditions. which is still remains in hospital arrest at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City.

According to the Arroyo's lawyer, Atty. Larry Gadon, said that former president condition does not getting any better.

Arroyo’s weight continues to drop because of unable to eat well. a possible solution to help her improve her health of the former president is if she will be allowed to stay in her house in La Vista.

Arroyo has a problem with her spine Arroyo which she has been bothering for several years and is under hospital arrest since 2012 due to facing plunder case which is currently pending in court .

Arroyo accused of alleged corruption in the use of intelligence funds of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office worth P366 million from 2008 to 2010 .

Recently a lawsuit was filed against the government of the Philippines, with the  international human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney , wife of Hollywood star actor George Clooney which has filled the the lawsuit in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights due to the continued detention of Former President Gloria Arroyo.

The continued hospital arrest on Arroyo would be considered human rights violations of the former president because of the condition of her health.

She added that Arroyo might be a victims of political persecution because the court allowed the other co-accused of former president to bail.
source: GMA