FORMER President and now Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of Pampanga was slapped a 90-day suspension over the graft charges she is facing in connection with the botched $329-million National Broadband Network-ZTE deal.

In a four-page resolution, the anti-graft court’s Fourth Division noted that the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act allows the suspension pendente lite of an accused public official.

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