Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can finally leave detention after the Supreme Court (SC) voted 11-4 favoring her petition seeking the junking of her plunder case, her lawyer said Tuesday. The plunder case against Arroyo and several others involves the release of over P366 million in Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) intelligence funds from 2008 up to 2010. Arroyo's lawyer Raul Lambino claims he got information past noon Tuesday that the SC justices voted 11-4 favoring Arroyo's demurrer to evidence, a plea raised when a defendant believes the evidence against him or her is weak.

AN OVERWHELMING majority of Supreme Court (SC) justices are inclined to acquit detained former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of a plunder charge involving her supposed misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) funds. Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin has begun circulating a draft decision junking the criminal case for plunder against Arroyo, now a representative of Pampanga, by granting her plea for a demurrer to evidence, unimpeachable sources at the high court told The Manila Times. Arroyo’s demurrer to evidence, denied by the Sandiganbayan last year, is a motion to dismiss the case because of weak evidence presented by prosecutors. Once granted by the High Court, all other related cases will be considered moot, which will eventually release Arroyo from detention at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City. A favorable SC ruling will have the effect of acquitting Arroyo. The case cannot be refiled by the Ombudsman under the principle of “double jeopardy.” Headcount The Manila Times made a head count of several SC justices, who asked not to be named, and found that they were poised to clear Arroyo of the supposed embezzlement of P366 million in PCSO intelligence funds from 2008 to 2010. One source said several magistrates were inclined to favor the draft decision of Bersamin, which states that the Sandiganbayan “acted capriciously … gravely abusing its discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction.”

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Probably one of the best in recent memory to be honest.
The one who truly spearheaded the growth of the Philippine economy.
When will the others?

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