GLORIA, MIKE Arroyo prison immediately October 7,2011

Malacañang yesterday assured that the event that the joint panel meet Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) target incarceration for President Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo and former First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo before Christmas does not get special treatment in New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

Be asked about the target of DOJ and COMELEC "immediate detention" in the Arroyo couple established the Prima Facie case on the allegations it the brain of the 2004 and 2007 poll fraud, said presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda like other accused and inmates will not receive them VIP treatment from the government.

But clarification of the palace, "Malacañang is hands off there, let's wait for results of their investigation but everyyone has to go through the legal process," said Lacierda.

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