Malacañang on Tuesday extended its sympathies to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over the death of her 13-month-old grandson on Sunday.
“We respect the decision of the Sandiganbayan and we condole with her and Luli for the death of their grandson and child,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said at a Palace briefing.
The baby, who died on Sunday due to a congenital heart disease, was the son of Arroyo’s only daughter Luli.
The court also allowed Arroyo to attend her grandson’s burial set on November 10 from 7 a.m. to 3 pm.
The court, however, denied Arroyo’s original motion for a nine-day temporary house arrest during Jugo’s wake.
Arroyo is detained at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City since 2012 for plunder charges in connection with the alleged misuse of P366 million Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office intelligence funds. —NB, GMA News
