In a phone interview, Arroyo’s legal spokesman, lawyer Raul Lambino, said 12 nuns from Bulacan visited the detained former President at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) on Friday afternoon.
Arroyo and the nuns talked about her “faith” and “pro-life stance” while eating Chinese delicacies, Lambino said.
“Alam niyo namang Assumptionista rin si former President. Laking kumbento kaya maraming napag-usapan. Napagkwentuhan ang kanyang student life,” Lambino, who was present during the nuns’ visit, said over the phone.
The nuns prayed for Arroyo’s well-being and immediate recovery before leaving the hospital, he added.
The nuns were not the first religious workers to visit Arroyo this week. Last Sunday, five Catholic bishops also paid visit to the former President.
Last week, former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos also spent time with Arroyo at the VMMC.
Earlier this month, Arroyo was also visited by former Presidents Joseph Estrada and Fidel V. Ramos, fuelling talks that they are forming an alliance in preparation for the 2016 national polls.
Asked if Arroyo will host more high-profile personalities from her hospital suite in the coming weeks, Lambino said, “Medyo ganoon,” but refused to elaborate.
Arroyo, incumbent congresswoman of Pampanga’s second district, is currently detaine while facing the plunder case.
She also has a pending poll sabotage case before a Pasay court, and a graft case for the botched national broadband deal with Chinese firm ZTE under her presidency. She has pleaded not guilty to both cases. — KBK, GMA News
