“Yes, confirmed,” sabi ng isang kaibigan at dating kasamahan ni Arroyo sa Senado.
Nag-post din si Sen. Sonny Angara sa Twitter kaugnay ng pagpanaw ni Arroyo.
“RIP ex-Senator Joker Arroyo, Dios Mabalos,” sabi ni Angara sa kanyang post ganap na alas-8:31 ng umaga.
Inilarawan ni Angara si Arroyo na “best and finest trial lawyers.”
Pinuri naman ni Sen. Ralph Recto si dating senador Joker Arroyo matapos pumanaw noong Lunes.
“The Great Dissenter. The Maverick. The Defender,” sabi ni Recto bilang paglalarawan kay Arroyo.
Kapwa kabilang sina Arroyo at Recto sa tinaguriang Wednesday Group sa Senado.
“Joker earned sobriquets in his storied life. The Great Dissenter. The Maverick. The Defender. He was even called The Scrooge for his economical use of office funds,” dagdag ni Recto.
“But there was one area he didn’t scrimp on. And that was offering his sharp legal mind, for free, to those who need it most but can afford it least. If he had a good heart, it was because his favorite form of exercise was to bend down and pull someone out of the gutter,” ayon kay Arroyo.
Kabilang sa iba pang mga miyembro ng Wednesday Group ay sina dating senador Manny Villar, dating senador Francis Pangilinan, at dating vice president Noli de Castro.