Arroyo undecided on furlough request

With just days before Christmas, detained former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is still deciding whether to request for a furlough from the Sandiganbayan.

“She is yet to make a decision. We know of the clamor from some lawmakers, but I would say we are afraid to ask for a Christmas furlough [this time] because our request for such last year was denied,” Anacleto Diaz, the lawyer for Arroyo in her P366-million plunder case, told The Manila Times in a phone interview.