PALACE DISTANCES SELF FROM POLL FRAUD PROBE

Malacañang is keeping its distance from pronouncements by Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes that former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo might spend Christmas in jail if indicted for election sabotage.

“Malacañang is hands off on the matter because they are still appreciating, evaluating the evidence. So let’s wait for that. We are also awaiting the results of their investigation,”presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a press briefing yesterday.