Detained former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo was in a fighting mood on New Year’s Day as she fired accusations that President Benigno Aquino 3rd is abusing his power through a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign.

Arroyo, who now represents the second district of Pampanga in the House of Representatives, made the scathing remarks in a series of posts in her Twitter account.

“We are concerned that the slogan of anti-corruption still remains to be validated by measurable progress and continues to be mocked by the abuse of political power to favor those on the inside while persecuting those on the other side,” Arroyo said.

“We pray that true justice be administered to all without bias and prejudice,” she added.

The former president is under hospital detention because of a P366-million plunder complaint.
She recently asked for a Christmas furlough, but the Sandiganbayan denied her request.

Aside from plunder, the former president is also facing other charges such as electoral sabotage in connection with the 2007 midterm elections and graft over the $329-million botched NBN-ZTE broadband deal.

Arroyo said that the Aquino administration’s anti-corruption campaign is yet to take off, considering that the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) initiative continues to move at a snail’s pace.

“The promise of ideas like PPP remains to be realized by the actual start, let alone completion, of new projects that will improve upon the substantial infrastructure we have already built. The fiscal stability and macroeconomic resilience that was first achieved on my watch still remains to be translated into more foreign direct investments that will ultimately deliver the inclusive growth that the business sector and the impoverished three million unemployed Filipinos are still waiting for,” she pointed out.

The Pampanga lawmaker urged the current administration to respect contracts, understand how free markets operate and use genuine economic data.

“These are the challenges that face our leadership. The new year invites us to continue unfinished work even as we brace for new challenges,” Arroyo said.