{"id":24035,"date":"2012-10-23T05:21:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T05:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clearwaterphilippines.com\/wordpress\/?p=24035"},"modified":"2012-10-23T05:21:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T05:21:47","slug":"ailing-ex-president-pushes-for-medical-parole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clearwaterphilippines.com\/resort\/2012\/10\/ailing-ex-president-pushes-for-medical-parole\/","title":{"rendered":"Ailing ex-President pushes for medical parole"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANILA — Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asked her colleagues in Congress on Monday to ensure the \u201cexpeditious passage\u201d of a measure that could allow her to seek medical parole in case the Sandiganbayan convicts her for plunder.
\nThe former President, who is under hospital arrest over plunder charges, filed House Bill 6608 or the Medical Parole Act of 2012, which will authorize the Board of Pardons and Parole under the Department of Justice to grant medical parole to ill prisoners.
\nTogether with her son, Camarines Sur Representative Diosdado \u201cDato\u201d Arroyo, she argued that sick prisoners should be granted parole \u201cas a gesture of mercy and compassion.\u201d The Arroyos added that their proposal would allow the government to save on taxpayer\u2019s money because sick prisoners cost taxpayers \u201cnearly twice\u201d compared to healthy inmates.
\n\u201cFor humanitarian considerations, the grant of medical parole should be allowed since all persons must be treated with dignity, whether in or out of prison, and irrespective of the crimes committed,\u201d the Arroyos said in their proposal.
\nThe bill was filed on September 26, a week before she was ordered arrested for plunder on October 4. It was referred to the House committee on justice led by Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr.
\nArroyo and nine others were charged with plunder over their alleged misuse of P366-million in Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) intelligence funds.
\nLast week, the Sandiganbayan granted her petition for hospital arrest.
\nOne of the conditions of the anti-graft court indicates that the former President can stay at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City as long as she will shoulder all expenses.
\nLast year, Arroyo underwent three cervical spine surgeries. Recently, she was placed at the intensive care unit of VMMC after she was diagnosed with coronary ischemia.
\nThe former President had been under hospital detention for eight months on charges of election fraud until a Pasay City court allowed her to post bail on July 25.
\nUnder the proposed Medical Parole Act of 2012, the Board of Pardons and Parole may release a prisoner on medical parole if he or she suffers from an incapacitating physical condition, disease or syndrome.
\nThe Board, however, may revoke the medical parole if the inmate is likely to pose a possible danger to the public.
\n\u201cA prisoner will be eligible for medical parole if s\/he does not constitute a threat to public safety and is not likely to commit an offense while on medical parole,\u201d the bill states.
\nFurthermore, prisoners who have served 10 consecutive years or more in prison shall not be paroled until the Board receives a report on their medical condition and ability to adjust to life outside the prison from a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist. (Kathrina Alvarez\/Sunnex)
\nhttp:\/\/www.sunstar.com.ph\/manila\/local-news\/2012\/10\/22\/ailing-ex-president-pushes-medical-parole-249287
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