GOVERNMENT prosecutors are blocking the move of Rep. Gloria Arroyo to have a separate trial in line with her plunder charge related to the P366-million Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office scam.

In a six-page opposition, the Office of the Ombudsman said that the case of the former president is rolling smoothly and would violate her right to speedy trial.

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