Arroyo posts P1M bail, plans to go home
by Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 07/25/2012 11:18 AM | Updated as of 07/25/2012 12:11 PM
MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) - Lawyers of former President and now Pampanga 2nd District Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo posted a P1 million cash bond on Wednesday after the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) granted her motion for bail in her electoral sabotage case.
Arroyo's lawyers went to the Pasay City RTC Branch 112 to post the bail bond. They will then proceed to the Veteran's Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) where they expect authorities to release Mrs. Arroyo.
The former President has been under hospital detention since last year.
Judge Jesus Mupas granted Arroyo's motion for bail after the prosecution allegedly failed to prove that she conspired to commit electoral sabotage during the May 2007 election.
Mupas, however, denied the motion for bail of former Maguindanao Election Supervisor Lintang Bedol and former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr.
On Wednesday morning, the court sheriff went to the VMMC in Quezon City to serve the resolution.