DESPITE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REBUFF ON ASYLUM YARN
Palace: No apology, travel ban stays on GMA
By Danessa O. Rivera 11/14/2011There will be no apology and the travel ban stays, that in gist was the reply of the Palace to the demand of the camp of former President Arroyo for Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to apologize to both Mrs. Arroyo and the government of the Dominican Republic for spreading the rumor that Mrs. Arroyo is seeking political asylum in that country which the government of the Carribean nation denied ever receiving such a request.
A legal expert, meanwhile, said the hardline stance of the Aquino administration on barring Arroyo from traveling without constitutional basis violates her right to travel and will boost her chance of being granted political asylum if she opts to seek refuge abroad.
“It will be easier for Mrs. Arroyo to apply for asylum because the administration is showing patent persecution of her,” lawyer Alan Paguia said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111114hed1.html
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"A legal expert, meanwhile, said the hardline stance of the Aquino administration on barring Arroyo from traveling without constitutional basis violates her right to travel and will boost her chance of being granted political asylum if she opts to seek refuge abroad."
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