The
65-year-old posted on her Facebook page her certificate of candidacy for
Congress in her home province of Pampanga in the 2013 elections.
Her
spokeswoman Elena Bautista-Horn said Arroyo's son Mikey filed his mother's
registration for her.
Arroyo
served as president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, during which she was
accused of numerous corruption and vote-fraud scandals.
Her
arch-critic Benigno Aquino was elected as her successor, running on an
anti-graft platform and promising to hold Arroyo to account for her alleged
misdeeds.
However
as she stepped down, Arroyo successfully ran as congresswoman for Pampanga
province north of Manila and is now serving her three-year term.
She was
arrested on vote-rigging charges at an exclusive hospital in November last year
shortly after immigration authorities at Manila airport blocked her from
leaving the country.
Aquino
had said Arroyo was trying to flee the country to escape imminent charges
against her, although she said she needed specialist treatment overseas for her
spinal disease.
In July
Arroyo was able to walk free after a court issued a surprise ruling granting
her bail, saying the government's vote-rigging case against her was weak.
She has
also been charged with corruption over a cancelled deal with a Chinese firm to
set up a national Internet broadband network, but the trial has yet to start.
-source: msn.com.ph
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