MalacaÑang on Tuesday said it is up to the courts if former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo can be granted house arrest.

Accordong to Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., only the Sandiganbayan can decide where to detain Arroyo while she is facing her plunder case before the anti-graft court.

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