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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY August 16 - 31, 2017
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‘Return of Marcos wealth should be all or nothing’
be returned, persons or
MANILA, Philippines
parties in possession of
- It should be all or
such wealth, its location,
nothing.
timeline
for
return
This was the stand
and conditionality, if
of Speaker Pantaleon
any. Akbayan Rep.
Alvarez
and
other
Tom Villarin also said
lawmakers yesterday with
Duterte should not offer
regard to the purported
immunity in exchange
plan of the Marcoses to
for the return of hidden
return their alleged ill-
assets of the Marcos
gotten wealth to help
family.
the government solve its
Villarin
said
financial deficit.
something
concrete
President Duterte on
must result from the
Tuesday said the Marcos
President’s statement
family had agreed to return
about the Marcoses’
their vast unexplained
offer.
wealth,
including
a
“Otherwise, this is
“few gold bars,” to the
just pure propaganda
government.
to lure the public to a
Alvarez described
false sense of reality
this as a “welcome
where public outrage
development”
that
over killings has risen to
would best serve the
government’s
interest. Alvarez described this as a “welcome development” that would best serve the a crescendo. Filipinos
But he stressed: “The government’s interest. But he stressed: “The Marcoses should give it all, nothing should know better
when we are taken for
Marcoses should give it
a ride or not. This could
all, nothing less.”
Lagman said the Marcoses
had miserably failed in 31 General Jose Calida.
be
much
ado over nothing,”
But Ilocos Norte Gov. years to find out how much
Kabayan
party-list should first confirm Duterte’s
he added.
Imee Marcos, the dictator’s was really amassed by the Rep. Harry Roque, however, statement.
Ifugao Rep. Teodoro
eldest daughter, said their Marcoses and their cronies. pushed for the creation of
At the same time,
family still had to discuss the
The PCGG was created a truth commission, if only Lagman asked Duterte Baguilat Jr. said he found it
matter.
with the sole mandate of for purposes of letting the not to give immunity from “a bit odd that the President
Her mother, Ilocos recovering the ill-gotten whole world know on record criminal prosecution to the is speaking for the Marcos
Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos, wealth of the Marcoses and about the excesses of the Marcos family in case they family on this issue when the
is fighting the government’s their cronies following the late dictator.
surrender part or all of such latter has the media stature
to make the commitment
efforts to recover at least ouster of the late strongman
House
Minority wealth.
156 expensive paintings, Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
“There is need for a itself.”
Leader Danilo Suarez, for
“Would this also mean
including priceless works of
“That’s the problem his part, expressed doubts categorical st