An arrest warrant has been issued for the former Philippine president, Gloria Arroyo, amid a legal battle to decide whether the former president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is free to travel abroad.
The country's supreme court ruled on Friday that Arroyo should be allowed to go overseas, but just hours later a lower court issued an arrest warrant for her on the basis of vote-tampering charges filed earlier in the day by the country's Commission on Election.
Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas, reporting from Manila, said that the court session was "special, and convened to decide on Arroyo's case." More Read
No comments:
Post a Comment