6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Foreign Affairs, amending her Travel Authority to include travel to Singapore, Spain and Italy; 3. Affidavit dated October 21, 2011,[21] stating the purpose of travel to Singapore, Germany and Austria; 4. Medical Abstract dated October 22, 2011,[22] signed by Dr. Roberto Mirasol (Dr. Mirasol); 5. Medical Abstract dated October 24, 2011,[23] signed by Dr. Mario Ver; 6. Itinerary submitted by the Law Firm of Diaz, Del Rosario and Associates, detailing the schedule of consultations with doctors in Singapore. To determine whether GMA's condition necessitates medical attention abroad, the Medical Abstract prepared by Dr. Mirasol was referred to then Secretary of the Department of Health, Dr. Enrique Ona (Dr. Ona) for his expert opinion as the chief government physician. On October 28, 2011, Dr. Ona, accompanied by then Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, Francisco Duque, visited GMA at her residence in La Vista Subdivision, Quezon City. Also present at the time of the visit were GMA's attending doctors who explained her medical condition and the surgical operations conducted on her. After the visit, Dr. Ona noted that "Mrs. Arroyo is recuperating reasonably well after having undergone a series of three major operations."[24] On November 8, 2011, before the resolution of her application for ADO, GMA filed the present Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court with Prayer for the Issuance of a TRO and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction, docketed as G.R. No. 199034, to annul and set aside DOJ Circular No. 41 and WLOs issued against her for allegedly being unconstitutional.[25] A few hours thereafter, Miguel Arroyo filed a separate Petition for Certiorari, and Prohibition under the same rule, with Prayer for the Issuance of a TRO and/or a Writ of Preliminary Injunction, likewise assailing the constitutionality of DOJ Circular No. 41 and WLO No. 2011-573. His petition was docketed as G.R. No. 199046.[26] Also, on November 8, 2011, De Lima issued an Order,[27] denying GMA's application for an ADO, based on the following grounds: First, there appears to be discrepancy on the medical condition of the applicant as stated in her affidavit, on the other hand, and the medical abstract of the physicians as well as her physician's statements to Secretary Ona during the latter's October 28, 2011 visit to the Applicant, on the other. xxxx Second, based on the medical condition of Secretary Ona, there appears to be no urgent and immediate medical emergency situation for Applicant to elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/64165 4/70