Andrea Rosal arrives at baby daughter’s wake

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May 212014
 

(Updated 2:35 p.m.) Suspected communist leader Andrea Rosal on Wednesday arrived at the wake of her baby daughter at Iglesia Filipina Independiente National Cathedral on Taft Avenue in Manila.

According to a report on GMA News TV’s News TV Live, Rosal, who was heavily guarded, arrived at the cathedral shortly after 2 p.m.

In a phone interview with GMA News Online, Karapatan’s media liaison Donna Quidayan said Rosal has requested for 30 minutes of privacy with her family.

A mass and eulogy will then follow, which will be open to the public, she added.

Meanwhile, according to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan group secretary general Renato Reyes Jr., some of the priests have asked the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology officers escorting Rosal to leave the cathedral.

On Tuesday, the Taguig Regional Trial Court’s Branch 266 allowed Rosal to attend the wake on Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., after which she will have to be brought back to Camp Aguinaldo where she is detained on kidnapping and murder charges.

The court, however, denied her petition to attend her daughter’s burial scheduled on Thursday in her hometown of Ibaan, Batangas.

Rosal, who gave birth to Diona Andrea on Saturday, is the daughter of the late rebel spokesman Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal. She is also a suspected leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People’s Army.

The infant died Sunday afternoon at the Philippine General Hospital due to oxygen deficiency in the blood. Militant groups have blamed prison authorities for the baby’s death, citing “unreasonable delays” in bringing Rosal to the hospital.
Rosal was arrested in Caloocan last March 27 based on a warrant of arrest issued in Mauban, Quezon, for the non-bailable cases of kidnapping and murder. She has denied the charges. —Amanda Fernandez/KG, GMA News

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