{"id":115147,"date":"2017-08-31T00:34:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T04:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=115147"},"modified":"2017-08-31T00:34:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T04:34:47","slug":"alvarez-wants-marcos-family-to-return-all-ill-gotten-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/31\/alvarez-wants-marcos-family-to-return-all-ill-gotten-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvarez wants Marcos family to return all ill-gotten wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday welcomed President Duterte\u2019s announcement that the Marcos family is willing to return part of their alleged ill-gotten wealth to the Philippine government while expressing hope that they hand it over in its entirety. (Photo<\/a>: Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0<\/strong>— House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday welcomed President Duterte\u2019s announcement that the Marcos family is willing to return part of their alleged ill-gotten wealth to the Philippine government while expressing hope that they hand it over in its entirety.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, magandang<\/em>\u00a0development\u00a0yan, ano? Pero sana yung \u2018wag sana yung kapiraso lang, sana yung buo na<\/em>,\u201d Alvarez said in an ambush interview when asked for a reaction on the purported proposal of the Marcoses.<\/p>\n

Alvarez took a swipe at the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) for its failure to pursue and determine the full amount of Marcos\u2019 ill-gotten wealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cYun nga ang problema ng<\/em>\u00a0PCGG.\u00a0Hanggang ngayon eh.. andami pa ring kaso na walang nangyayari eh.<\/em>\u00a0At<\/em>\u00a0in fact\u00a0ako ay nag-file din (ako) ng<\/em>\u00a0bill\u00a0ay yung<\/em>\u00a0PCGG\u00a0ay gawin nang sa ilalim nung<\/em>\u00a0Office of the Solicitor General,\u00a0para may mangyari naman<\/em>,\u201d Alvarez said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Alvarez, together with Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as and House justice panel chairman Reynaldo Umali, has filed House Bill 5233 seeking to abolish the PCGG and Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) and transfer all its authorities and responsibilities to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG).<\/p>\n

The bill, which will become the OSG charter, proposes to authorize the solicitor general to grant immunity from criminal prosecution to any person who provides information or testifies in any investigation previously conducted by the PCGG or future cases investigated by the OSG involving ill-gotten wealth.<\/p>\n

President Duterte, during his speech after the mass oath-taking of newly-appointed government officials in Malaca\u00f1ang, said that the Marcos family is willing to \u201copen everything\u201d and \u201creturn\u201d to the government some wealth in question, including a few gold bars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Marcoses — I will not name the spokesman —\u00a0sabi nila na<\/em>\u00a0they\u2019ll open everything and probably return\u00a0\u2018yung nakita lang<\/em>,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi nila na, \u2018malaki ang<\/em>\u00a0deficit\u00a0mo sa<\/em>\u2026 maybe this year,\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0projected deficit spending would be big,\u2019\u00a0sabi niya. Baka makatulong. Pero hindi ito malaki<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The President likewise said that an explanation was given by the Marcoses for the wealth in question and that he was accepting it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the only reason really was\u00a0sabi nila<\/em>, that the father was protecting the economy. Now, of course, the eventual\u00a0kung maalis siya<\/em>. But he was thought of regaining the Malaca\u00f1an and that is why\u00a0ganito ang lumabas. Parang naitago<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will accept the explanation, whether or not it is true,\u00a0wala na eh<\/em>. And they are ready to return. How much, they would give me an accounting,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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