NOTING that being under hospital arrest is in itself a “privilege,” President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Monday said there is no reason for former President Gloria Arroyo to be granted bail or be placed under house arrest in the same way that Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile was released from jail.

“Let’s not forget that hospital arrest in itself is a privilege and she is under hospital arrest to ensure that whatever available remedies, cures, therapies, are needed, are given in a very timely fashion,” Aquino said in an interview.

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