{"id":143603,"date":"2018-01-04T01:20:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T06:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143603"},"modified":"2018-01-04T03:02:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T08:02:28","slug":"compromise-deal-not-even-a-proposal-palace-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/04\/compromise-deal-not-even-a-proposal-palace-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Compromise deal “not even a proposal”\u2014Palace says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (PCOO PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said that compromise deal on the wealth of the late President Ferdinand Marcos\u2019 family submitted by lawyer Oliver Lozano was \u201cnot even a proposal\u201d as it was not sanctioned by the Marcoses.<\/p>\n

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the former first family already denied giving authorization to Lozano in coming up with the compromise contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf attorney Lozano has no authority, it\u2019s not even a proposal because it was not an authorized proposal from the heirs of President Marcos,\u201d Roque said in an interview with\u00a0dwFM<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It can be recalled that Chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo said his office had received the proposal from Lozano who is known to be a Marcos loyalist.<\/p>\n

The deal supposedly proposes to the government a chunk of the Marcoses\u2019 wealth in exchange for the drop of all cases against the late dictator\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

The palace already claimed no truth to the allegations that the administration has made a deal with the Marcoses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no truth to the allegation that the government has reached a compromise agreement with the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos distanced them from Lozano, negating having a hand in the\u00a0alleged compromise deal to settle their family\u2019s alleged ill-gotten wealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Marcos family has no knowledge or information of that apparent exchange and service of document between Lozano and the office of Sec. Sal (Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo),\u201d lawyer and Bongbong\u2019s spokesperson Victor Rodriguez said in a text message.<\/p>\n

Roque said the government has no legal basis to arrive at a compromise deal with the Marcoses as the country has laws against plunder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President\u2019s statement actually was that he is for it but he needs a law to authorize him to enter into one,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo just to complete the presidential position on the matter, while he\u2019s for it, it appears that his hands are tied unless there is a law authorizing him to enter into such a compromise agreement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Roque also said entering into a compromise deal is opposed to the law except under exceptions identified by the Supreme Court (SC).<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, attorney Lozano also appended the draft law indicating that although the Marcoses have not given him any authority to submit the compromise agreement to Malaca\u00f1ang, he himself agrees with the position of the President that the law is indispensable,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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