Too expensive or no evidence? ‘It is not the expense. It is the fact that the PCGG cannot produce the goods to prove the guilt of Marcos and his family in the other cases.’ This is the first time that anybody ever heard of a government agency abandoning its duty simply because trying to perform it involves so much money. Important in this case is the fact that the complainant against the Marcoses is the Republic of the Philippines. Giving up the case presumably to save on taxpayers’ money is complete surrender. The abandonment becomes necessary because after 30 years the PCGG has not produced evidence against how Marcos got $5 billion of the $10 billion claimed to have been stolen by sheer exercise or abuse of dictatorial powers. There is no question that President Cory was well-intentioned in her attempts to recover ill-gotten wealth from Marcos and his cronies. The mistake was the creation of the PCGG, which was chaired by Marcos haters. Being haters, they should not have found it difficult to prove the guilt of Marcos and his friends. In fact, some recoveries were made after many years. But there is no evidence on the other cases against Marcos. Now comes Bautista saying the PCGG is giving up because the search for evidence or defending it in court is expensive. Who cares about the huge expense? It cannot be bigger than what the PCGG has consistently claimed it will recover. Again, it is not the expense. It is the fact that the PCGG cannot produce the goods to prove the guilt of Marcos and his family in the other cases. globalbalita/2013/01/24/too-expensive-or-no-evidence/
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