http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/...o-plunder-case

Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has sought dispensation from the Supreme Court in relation to unfair charges drummed-up against her:

........................................................., whilst in incumbency at Malacanang, she had duly proceeded to authorise the payment of "blood money" from funds apportioned to the Philippines' Charity Sweepstakes Office in direct exchange for sparing the life of a fellow Pinay - *a domestic servant scheduled to be executed in Saudi Arabia for killing the employer who'd brutally raped *her.

And RIGHTLY SO! I mean ... ... as the Nation's Commander-in-Chief, at the time of the condemned woman's trial - especially given its outcome - she (GMA) had NO choice, OTHER than to accede to the Saudis' demands. It was, to all intents & purposes, a case of "either pay up ... or else ...!"