MALACAÑANG on Wednesday said it is bound to respect the Supreme Court (SC) order stopping for 30 days the plunder trial of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Sandiganbayan.

“Well, that is a resolution of the Supreme Court. As always, we will respect and respond to (it)… I think there is a resolution asking government to respond. So we will just act on what the Supreme Court has directed the government to do,” Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda said.

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