{"id":75029,"date":"2017-09-22T05:46:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T21:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindanaogoldstardaily.com\/?p=75029"},"modified":"2017-09-22T09:47:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T01:47:31","slug":"karmaunning-kleptocrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindanaogoldstardaily.com\/archives\/75029","title":{"rendered":"Karma running after kleptocrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Erick San Juan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE recent news in the cases filed at the Sandiganbayan versus Mrs. Imelda Marcos is a welcome development. In the report from Rappler, Ombudsman prosecutors asked the Sandiganbayan to convict former First Lady and now Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. Imelda Marcos for graft, over a corruption case that has spanned 26 years.<\/p>\n<p>In a 28-page memorandum filed in Aug. 29, the prosecution pointed out to the anti-graft court that evidence has been admitted without comment from the Marcos camp in relation to 10 counts of violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the charges filed in 1991, Marcos was accused of unlawful financial interests in non-governmental organizations in Switzerland and various local business enterprises from 1968 to 1986, the period where she held various government positions.<\/p>\n<p>The widow of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos served as minister of human settlements and Metro Manila governor from June 1976 to February 1986 and as member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984.<\/p>\n<p>The graft case is one of the oldest pending cases at the Sandiganbayan.<\/p>\n<p>Those who testified against Marcos include former solicitor general Francisco Chavez, former central bank governor Jaime Laya, former Philguarantee chairman Cesar Virata, and former Philguarantee president Victor Macalincag who died recently.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution panel, in the memorandum, told the anti-graft court that it had \u201csuccessfully discharged its duty of proving the guilt\u201d of the former First Lady \u201cbeyond reasonable doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence, a verdict of conviction for the aforementioned crimes is sought against the accused,\u201d the prosecution panel said.<\/p>\n<p>The submission date of the memorandum coincided with President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s announcement that an emissary of the Marcos family offered to return some of their ill-gotten wealth.<\/p>\n<p>The Marcos family\u2019s ill-gotten wealth has been the subject of numerous cases both here and abroad. It reached an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion during the Martial Law years, a period also marred by human rights abuses. What about Imelda and children\u2019s SALNs (Statement of Asset and Liabilities Networth) where in when they returned to the Philippines, they all filed an ordinary wealth figure and after a year they\u2019re income tax return\u00a0 balooned like magic.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) has so far recovered P170 billion since 1986. Duterte, however, has threatened to abolish the PCGG.<\/p>\n<p>Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos later denied that talks have been initiated, but said they trust Duterte will \u201cend decades of cases\u201d against their family.<\/p>\n<p>Will justice be served to the Filipino people as the former First Lady will put an end to the unfinished revolution of Edsa Uno by conviction on the cases that had long been sleeping in the halls of the Sandiganbayan?<\/p>\n<p>Methinks karma is now running after the kleptocrats.<\/p>\n<p>May God bless the Philippines!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erick San Juan THE recent news in the cases filed at the Sandiganbayan versus Mrs. Imelda Marcos is a welcome development. In the report from Rappler, Ombudsman prosecutors asked the Sandiganbayan to convict former First Lady and now Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. 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