‘SENATE ARREST OF ROWENA ARBITRARY, UNJUST AND UNLAWFUL’
Habeas corpus filed for detained LTA staffer
By Benjamin B. Pulta and Angie M. Rosales 08/24/2011One down, two to go, in the case of the Arroyo brothers and their staffer in moves against them by the Senate?
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday issued a temporary restraining order against Secretary of Justice Leila de Lima’s Senate directed watch list order against former First Gentleman Juan Miguel “Mike” Arroyo.
The Court of Appeals (CA), depending on how it rules on the Arroyo family-owned LTA Inc. bookkeeper, Rowena del Rosario’s petition for habeas corpus, may yet add up a score for the Arroyos and against a Senate position of arresting and detaining her.
The husband of Rowena, the former bookkeeper of LTA Inc. who is now detained at the Senate on contempt charges, filed yesterday a petition for habeas corpus before the CA to compel the legislative chamber’s blue ribbon committee to produce his wife before the court..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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