The House of Representatives is not about to immediately implement a court order suspending former Philippine president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as a result of graft charges filed against her. “We’re studying the precedents,” said Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Rappler research shows there are at least 4 precedents in the last 44 years. In these cases, except for one, all the suspensions were ordered by the Sandiganbayan, and in all those cases, the House of Representatives put its foot down and said only the House could suspend its own members. The graft case against Arroyo is in connection with the botched government broadband NBN-ZTE deal, which accusers said was approved after public officials received bribes. Ms Arroyo is under hospital arrest for graft and plunder charges and has asked once again the court to allow her to post bail.
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