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Can the Marcoses be charged in court using their dad’s “Anti-Fencing” decree?

By Raïssa Robles

Analysis---WEB-raissarobles.comDon’t be fooled by what the Marcoses are saying – that Imelda is “disappointed” and Imee is “surprised” that the unico hijo is only running for VP.

That’s the spin the first family of crime wants the public to believe. That Baby Marcos is not running for the presidency, but the spare tire position underneath.

Ho hum. Nothing to worry about. Let Baby Marcos be.

The Marcoses are clever at running national campaigns and they don’t do things halfway.

If Marcos junior DOES win the vice-presidency he will be in a very powerful position. To start off, he would be able to take advantage of political developments no matter who becomes president. If Binay runs and wins the presidency and gets impeached or overthrown, guess who’d replace him? If Poe wins and gets overwhelmed by citizenship considerations, guess who’s waiting in the wings.

Binay, Joseph Estrada Noli de Castro have shown the tremendous propaganda potential of the vice-president’s office. Just by occupying the post and doing feel-good things, a vice-president can outshine the sitting president in popularity polls.

Which is why the office is considered a launching pad for the presidency.

To win the vice-presidency, Marcos Jr can easily do what Binay did in 2010. Bongbong Marcos can graft himself to two of the leading presidential contenders – Senator Grace Poe and Vice-President Jejomar Binay. Both Poe and Binay are on very friendly terms with Marcos Jr.

And even to a third – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte – if the latter again changes his mind and runs for president. Even if Duterte doesn’t run, the mayor has already dropped the word that BBM is welcome to campaign in his city. Which should make people wonder at Duterte’s set of values – for instance, he said he would also go after “corrupt” officials but here he is happily backing the son of the most corrupt leader this country has ever had.

It is no sweat for Bongbong Marcos to print sample ballots and plaster the nation with stickers and campaign posters saying – “Poe-Marcos” and “Binay-Marcos”. There is no election law against it.

It’s probably cynical and unethical, but it isn’t illegal. And the Marcoses have the money to do this nationwide. After all, everybody knows they stole at least US$10 billion when they were in power. Who knows what that plunder is worth after interest?

Of course, at the last moment if Bongbong Marcos’ numbers do not improve, he might opt to just run again for the Senate and ask supporters to back one of the presidential candidates. That is what Imelda Marcos did in 1998. She started by running for the presidency, then backed out and supported Estrada. When Estrada won, Ate Imee gushed that they were “over the moon” with Erap’s victory.

The nation soon found out why, when Estrada tried to bury daddy big bucks Marcos’ corpse in Libingan ng mga Bayani. Failing that, Estrada still tried to forge a compromise deal with the Marcos family but was stopped cold by his ouster from office.

Senator Bongbong has to make up his mind about running for which post by December – the deadline the Comelec gave to candidates to ensure their names will be printed on the ballots.

Pro-Marcos loyalists have slammed me for heaping the sins of the father on the son, which they said Senator Bongbong Marcos should not be blamed for.

Ganito yon. (It’s like this.)

Bongbong Marcos’ dictator-father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., signed Presidential Decree No. 1612 or the “Anti-Fencing Law of 1979.” I have printed out the entire decree at the end of this piece.

PD 1612 defines fencing as “the act of any person who, with intent to gain for himself or for another, shall buy, receive, possess, keep, acquire, conceal, sell or dispose of, or shall buy and sell, or in any other manner deal in any article, item, object or anything of value which he knows, or should be known to him, to have been derived from the proceeds of the crime of robbery or theft.”

Notice in particular the words “possess”, “keep”, “acquire” and “conceal” as the elements of the crime of fencing.
Isn’t what the Marcoses doing fencing when they insist on continuing to keep “the proceeds of the crime of robbery or theft” – but in this case, grand theft?

Please recall that in the year 2012, I asked Senator Marcos during a foreign correspondents forum (Focap) whether he still intended to pursue a compromise settlement on the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth cases and the wealth still out there hidden in various bank vaults from the government.

Senator Bongbong Marcos replied to me: “We’ve been pursuing a compromise settlement since 1986. We will continue to do so.”

Here is the link to what Senator Marcos told me.

His mother Imelda herself has publicly claimed on various TV interviews that so much Marcos “gold” and other assets are still out there, hidden. She has shown gold certificates as proof to the BBC and other media outlets.

These pronouncements suggest that the Marcoses themselves are acknowledging they have assets out there, assets concealed from the Filipino people. There is already a final and definitive ruling by the Supreme Court on the Marcos loot – that any earnings beyond what the conjugal dictatorship did not pay taxes on are considered stolen.

A forensic analysis of the various Statements of Assets and Liabilities (SALNs) filed by Imelda, Imee and Bongbong as public officials through the years could help establish what the children earned legitimately.

If you read the Anti-Fencing Marcos decree, the Marcoses could each be looking at up to 20 years in jail, if they are found guilty of fencing goods stolen from the Filipino people.

This is in Section 3 (a) of PD 1612 which states that “if the value of such property exceeds the latter sum (of P22,000) the penalty provided in this paragraph shall be imposed in its maximum period, adding one year for each additional 10,000 pesos but the total penalty which may be imposed shall not exceed twenty years.”

Please also recall that a year ago, some paintings were seized from Congresswoman Imelda Marcos. Can’t she be charged with fencing on this matter? You can read about the seizure here. 

Interestingly, the Marcos decree expanded the definition of fencing. Instead of punishing only those who buy stolen goods the mere act of receiving, possessing, concealing and/or acquiring stolen goods now constitute fencing.

Will anyone dare to file a lawsuit against the entire Marcos family using the Anti-Fencing Law?

Here below is the Anti-Fencing Law:

Presidential Decree No. 1612

ANTI-FENCING LAW OF 1979

WHEREAS, reports from law enforcement agencies reveal that there is rampant robbery and thievery of government and private properties;
WHEREAS, such robbery and thievery have become profitable on the part of the lawless elements because of the existence of ready buyers, commonly known as fence, of stolen properties;
WHEREAS, under existing law, a fence can be prosecuted only as an accessory after the fact and punished lightly;
WHEREAS, is imperative to impose heavy penalties on persons who profit by the effects of the crimes of robbery and theft.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as part of the law of the land the following:
SECTION 1. Title. — This decree shall be known as the Anti-Fencing Law.

SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. — The following terms shall mean as follows:

a. “Fencing” is the act of any person who, with intent to gain for himself or for another, shall buy, receive, possess, keep, acquire, conceal, sell or dispose of, or shall buy and sell, or in any other manner deal in any article, item, object or anything of value which he knows, or should be known to him, to have been derived from the proceeds of the crime of robbery or theft.

b. “Fence” includes any person, firm, association corporation or partnership or other organization who/which commits the act of fencing.

SECTION 3. Penalties. — Any person guilty of fencing shall be punished as hereunder indicated:

a) The penalty of prision mayor, if the value of the property involved is more than 12,000 pesos but not exceeding 22,000 pesos; if the value of such property exceeds the latter sum, the penalty provided in this paragraph shall be imposed in its maximum period, adding one year for each additional 10,000 pesos; but the total penalty which may be imposed shall not exceed twenty years. In such cases, the penalty shall be termed reclusion temporal and the accessory penalty pertaining thereto provided in the Revised Penal Code shall also be imposed.
b) The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods, if the value of the property robbed or stolen is more than 6,000 pesos but not exceeding 12,000 pesos.
c) The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods, if the value of the property involved is more than 200 pesos but not exceeding 6,000 pesos.
d) The penalty of arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its minimum period, if the value of the property involved is over 50 pesos but not exceeding 200 pesos.
e) The penalty of arresto mayor in its medium period if such value is over five (5) pesos but not exceeding 50 pesos.
f) The penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum period if such value does not exceed 5 pesos.

SECTION 4. Liability of Officials of Juridical Persons. — If the fence is a partnership, firm, corporation or association, the president or the manager or any officer thereof who knows or should have known the commission of the offense shall be liable.

SECTION 5. Presumption of Fencing. — Mere possession of any good, article, item, object, or anything of value which has been the subject of robbery or thievery shall be prima facie evidence of fencing.

SECTION 6. Clearance/Permit to Sell/Used Second Hand Articles.

For purposes of this Act, all stores, establishments or entities dealing in the buy and sell of any good, article, item, object of anything of value obtained from an unlicensed dealer or supplier thereof, shall before offering the same for sale to the public, secure the necessary clearance or permit from the station commander of the Integrated National Police in the town or city where such store, establishment or entity is located. The Chief of Constabulary/Director General, Integrated National Police shall promulgate such rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. Any person who fails to secure the clearance or permit required by this section or who violates any of the provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall upon conviction be punished as a fence.

SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 8. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take effect upon
approval.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

Comments

  1. Nice read… at the moment, all social media flat forms are flooded with pro-Marcos memes and postings targeting us here! Please help!!!!

  4. Just parking here two links on the Santiago-Marcos tandem:

    http://www.rappler.com/views/imho/109427-bongbong-marcos-good-miriam-defensor-santiago

    Written by a neo-Marcos loyalist, I thought it would be a more sensible post unlike the ones we have encountered previously.

    Until you reach the part where the author says, “Situate the analysis of his (Bongbong’s ) accomplishments in a vacuum and assess it objectively.” Who the eff analyzes in a vacuum?

    And condescending. I want to slap the guy in the face. He deserves it.

    And the wonderful response to it:

    http://www.rappler.com/views/imho/109511-response-david-yap-bongbong-marcos?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_medium=share_bar

    Down with the Marcos loyalists!
    Reject Bongbong Marcos!

    • reject bongbong marcos! down with the marcos loyalists, they all deserve a bigger slap in their faces, biggest slap to imelda, her bloated face needs de-inflating, too much botox. she ought to go on diet too, and give her over abundant supply of food to the poor, help alleviate famine.

      for decades, imelda has been gorging too much of the wrong food and now her body rebelled and give her wake up call: diabetes, next, she’ll have a foot cut off, amputated. mukhang patay na siya sa mga pics niya, habang si bongbong marcos naman ay nag-aasim ang mukha. a thief trying to sneak into malakanyang via the back door.

      down with the marcoses!

      • author david b yap is yap-yapping! he wants senators glorified for doing their jobs and passing laws. they’re elected for that reason at may sahod, marami rin silang mga benefits, pwedeng mag-absent sa trabaho as often as they like. thank for doing their job, but overly thanking them is idiotic.

        marcos is brand name, a brand people dont trust anymore. that’s bong’s bad luck. and if bong wants to change his luck, from bad to good, he ought to get a name change, distance himself from bad brand. or people will lump him in.

    • it’s the reverse.
      the cancer-patient is good for bbm.
      he’s the immediate replacement of the exiting P come the hook of cancer sets in.

  5. Off-topic but relevant: GROUP ALLEGEDLY GETS MONEY, FOOD PACKS FOR CHEERING POE, ESCUDERO AT COMELEC (Inquirer.net 10/15/15)

    “Some supporters of Senators Grace Poe and Francis Escudero allegedly received P50, food packs and bottled water after attending the rally in support of their filing of their certificate of candidacy for President and Vice President, respectively, at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Intramuros, Manila, Thursday.

    “There is absolutely no truth that supporters who came to send off Senator Poe were paid P50. The massive crowd outside the Comelec was a spontaneous gathering of supporters eager to send off Poe and Escudero as they filed their COCs, said Poe’s spokeperson, Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian.”

    “But a video taken by the INQUIRER showed that some of those who attended the gathering for Poe and Escudero were given P50 cash, pansit, fried chicken and water

    “A pedicab driver, who only identified himself as Rudy, said each of them received P50 and food packs as promised by their leaders. P50 is better than getting nothing, the man said as he carefully wrapped five food packs with a tarpaulin printed with the word “#POE2016. He said about 100 of his neighbors in Barangay 658 in Manila were “invited” by local leaders who he refused to identify

    “Rudy’s companion, a middle-aged man who declined to give his name, said it was a common practice for politicians to hire residents near the Comelec headquarters. We were also there last Monday when Binay filed his candidacy, he claimed. “This is nothing. It’s just a token (pakimkim lang).

    “Rudy said Roxas’ camp also brought in their own group of supporters when he and Robredo filed their COCs yesterday morning. But they came from another barangay, he said.”

    They’re all the same except that the poe-chiz supporters were caught in a video by an inquisitive PDI reporter – meaning the “hakot” is amateurist and lack finesse, like the tandem.

    • Baliktad yata yan sa sinabi ng duo na nagpahayag, pagkatapos mag-payl ng COC — itatama namin ang mali. Parang ibig sabihin ITUTULOY NAMIN ANG MALI.

      Kudos sa PDI sa kinuhang video.

      • Sa mga lawyers po ditio, mayroon po bang pwedeng ikaso sa mga kandidatong nagbabayad para sa hakot crowd?

        • ‘c. Any gift, food, transportation, contribution or donation in cash or in kind from any candidate or from his campaign manager, agent or representative, or any person acting in their behalf within the second degree, of consanguinity or affinity, except normal and customary religious stipends, tithes or collections on Sundays and/or other designated collection days or scholarship. [OEC, Sec. 96]’

          . . . during the campaign period of course. Resolution No. 9476 June 22, 2012

          Link

          http://www.comelec.gov.ph/?r=Archives/RegularElections/2013NLE/Resolutions/res9476

    • hakot is also another norm in our own pnas.
      the most popularly known event of this hakot crowd was the edsa 3.
      that rally almost culminated to the siege of the malacanan palace.
      different accounts of that event were exposed but the instigators were never pursued.
      mob is now an implement of any influential or popular personality.
      it attracts attention to the benefit of the implementor.
      this is part of the mediocrity norms being set as bar by our immoral leaders.

      • sorry poe, but I would have to say to my kababayans, enjoy the freebies! take all! pero, hwag lang basta-basta bumoto. reserve your boto to better deserving candidates.

        sa supermarket, may maraming patikim; food demonstrators conducting taste-tests. does not mean after tasting food product you have to buy the product kaagad. though many customers pretend to buy the product, but when food demonstrator turned their backs, binalik ang product sa shelf. thanks, but no thanks.

        taste-tests, grab a bunch and maybe come back for more, but just dont buy the product immediately. sample other product as well, then decide. get value for your money and dont be duped.

  9. Napakasakit na ang nangyayari sa Pilipinas, sobra na! Halus lahat na aspirante ay merong sakit, una na si MDS-sakit sa ulo/lung cancer, Binay/BBM sakit na makati ang kamay, Maka-ronnie and Chiz? Sickening! Trillanes/Honasan Gung Ho, nuisance candidate- Gung gung, Jesus we want you come down now, napakaraming pang-gulo sa pagka pangulo, Pag di nanalo ang RoRo 2016 talaga merong sakit ang Pilipinas sa ulo.

    • . . . because THIS country’s people is/are SICK!

      sick voters and non-voters, and

      sick candidates! Everybody is SICK. Refrain from griping. . .

      sicken ’em up!

      hehehe

      • itakwil and sickest tandem nina miriam at bong marcos. dont vote them in. we have already enough pollution without them adding more of their garbage.

    • Ang dami mong sinabi ro-ro ka lang pala o de wow iboto mo baka sakaling manalo haha. kasama ka na rin dyan sa mga may sakit sa ulo jejemon.

  10. WHAT ARE THE ODDS MIRIAM SANTIAGO WILL DIE WITHIN HER TERM, IF SHE WINS?

    Very high.

    Stage 4 lung cancer survival rates within 5 years are very very slim at 1% based on this American Cancer Society website.

    http://www.cancer.org/cancer/lungcancer-non-smallcell/detailedguide/non-small-cell-lung-cancer-survival-rates

    Other sources like cancer.net cite 4-5%.

    So what’s the calculus in running with Bongbong? Did the ill-gotten wealth play a role in the decision? Is Miriam playing a game here with Bongbong? Take care of my family, you might get lucky?

    • she is not qualified to run.

      Sen Miriam did not make this deal. yung leche flan na asawa nya na who should know better.

      she’s not gonna win. props lang sya ni Bongbong para masabing may solid platform na maisusulong siya.

      puppet lang si Sen Miriam dito.

      pag si Sen Miriam dineklarang qualified ng COMELEC, wala na…gaguhan na talaga dyan sa opis na yan.

      i feel sorry for her if those around her will go along with this nonsense and make her campaign.

      it’s not her cancer that is worrying.

      the media (at least the ones who know) and other politicos are avoiding the issue. i dunno. perhaps no one wants to be called cruel and an ass for taking it up.

      but this is the presidency. her mental health should be an issue.

      • andrew, miriam is dying anyway, she might as well die with a bang and a blast. in the excitement of election, miriam was in danger of being forgotten, kaya ito, nag-center of attention and basking in the limelight.

        if gloria arroyo who is supposed to be dying is running for 3rd term, surely miriam can run in tandem with bong kahit may sakit. mulmol fish imelda marcos has visited gloria arroyo in veteran’s hospital, at nanipsip duon. their conversation must have centered on how to milk the sick politics.

        • @moonie
          I liked miriam when she was still feiry and hale. Pero nagbago ang pagtingin ko sa kanya nung magresign sya member of the International Court of Justice dahil sa kanyang sakit.

          Naglobby pa nuon si PNoy para sa kanya kahit alam na nya (miriam) na may sakit sya.

          Now here we go again, mas malala pa ang sakit at tatakbo under a SABONG (santiago-bongbong) tandem.

          Yan ba ang big bang para sa kanya?

        • debing sabong kaya malamang panalo haha. hala humanda kau na mga basher ng sabong may panlalgyan kau pag nanalo yang dalawang yan hehe. takboo na sa bundok hibok hibok…

    • @andrew lim

      Kaya ba ang tandem nina Santiago at Bongbong at aptly called SABONG?

      Somebody is playing puppeteer again. I agree with @sykes.

      Parang two-cock derby na entry ni Jun, pero tiyope ang SA dahil may sakit. Matalo man o mamatay sa laban ang SA (Santiago) ay malaki ang tsansa na manalo ang BONG (Bongbong) dahil sa premium at goodwill ng SA.

      Masaya ang Jun at BONG, malungkot at iiyak ang taongbayan na nagtataguyod ng mabuting pamamahala.

  11. Sa mga kapwa ko taga-Makati, sana po tigilan na natin ang pagboto sa mga Binay at mga alagad niya. Ipakita natin sa kanila na di na nila tayo maloloko.

    • wake up, mga taga makati. pinayaman ninyong masyado ang mga binay, you have done your job in the past, and you can stop doing that job now.

      dapat sapat na sa mga binays na may mga negosyo’t ari-arian sila, may mga malls at mansions, may mga lupa’t hacienda, may mga magarang kotse at sasakyan. tama na. pinayaman ninyong masyado ang mga binays at naghari-harian sila, ninakaw ang dapat sa inyo. it’s about time they learned to stand on their own, and not continue to be your masters and feeding on your sympathy and goodwill.

      there are others who are not as bad as the binays, give them a chance and vote them in.

  12. MIRIAM SANTIAGO: BONGBONG MARCOS IS MY RUNNING MATE (Rappler 10/15/15)

    “Sen. Miriam Santiago confirmed that Sen. bongbong marcos is her running mate.

    “Santiago’s declaration of her presidential candidacy energized her supporters but some were turned off with her partnership with marcos.

    “Santiago, 70, said she has “licked cancer” but she had hard time walking without assistance in her Thursday event.

    “Bongbong, 58, has been unapologetic of the widespread allegations of corruption, human rights abuses, and ill-gotten wealth under martial law. He is proud of the marcos legacy, saying “I am the luckiest person in the world to be a marcos.”

    Who would not be, with the billions of US dollars allegedly looted by his parents from the public coffers, second only to former Indonesian strongman Suharto (Jakarta Post)

    • “Santiago, 70, said she has “licked cancer”
      and she had licked the marcoses too…
      she has affinity to cancers..omg.

    • napapamura ako dito sa pagtakbo ni Sen Miriam.

      kapal talaga nang mukha ng asawa nito. porke ganyan ang kondisyon (grey matter not lungs)….pera-pera na lang ba ha Jun?!!!

      Sen Miriam can’t withstand the stress and rigors of campaigning. maawa ka sa asawa mo, pwede ba!

      pano pag inatake yan ng “kondisyon” nya in the middle of campaigning? alam mo naman di ba Jun kung ano ginagawa nyan pag inaatake yan di ba? di ba?!!!

      you want to humiliate her?!!!

      shit ka.

      pasensha na. aside from the Marcoses, etong ganitong exploitation lang ang kinabwibwisitan ko.

      • hindi nyo lang alam ang totoong nangyayari sa loob ng bahay ni Jun at Maid Mirriam. Kung malalaman nyo lang, maawa kayo kay Jun Santiago. At lalong mandiri kayo sa totoong Mirriam Santiago. Kulang pa ang katagang BRENDA sa kanya. Meron kasi kaming kakilala na close din sa amin. Dalawang pamangkin nya ang hiniling ni jun Santiago na magsilbi bilang katulong nila sa bahay sa Quezon City. Hiniling ni Jun na dapat college graduate sila kasi yan ang gusto ni Maam. Alam nyo ba kung paano trinato ni MDS ang dalawa? Hindi asal ng isang sibilisadong tao ang asal ni Maam. Pag may kinaiinisan sya, pinapapila ang mga utusan at sampalin dahil galit sya. Walang magreklamo dahil nanunutok ng baril si Maam kung lalong magalit. Pag may inutos sya sa labas para ipabili ng kahit ano sa kanto na Sari Sari Store, balik agad dahil pag may kunting kabagalan, tututukan nya ng baril ang pobreng katulong. Halos sila pakainin at palaging may parusa pag nainis si Maam. Minsan, may inutos sya sa isang katulong na bumili sa kanto at hindi nakabalik agad. Nagwawala si Maam at sinabing papatayin nya ang pobreng katulong pag dumating na. Alam nyo ba ano ang ginawa ni Jun Santiago at ng security nila? Sinundo ang katulong at sinabihang huwag ng bumalik at nilikas sa isang lugar para pauwiin dito sa Bisayas. Hindi man lang nakuha ng katulong ang mga gamit nya. Binigyan sya ni Jun ng pamasahi para makauwi agad. Ang siste, naiwan yong pinsan nya doon at tawag ng tawag sa tiyahin nya dito na pauwiin na lang sya dahil hindi nya na kaya. Ngunit walang nangyayari dahil ayaw nga ni Maam na pauwiin sya. Sa huli, lumapit ang tiyahin sa isang mataas na opisyal na kakilala nya(ito ang hiningan ni Jun Santiago ng tulong para makuha ang dalawang ito)at sinabihang dapat gawan nya ng paraan para makauwi ang pamangkin. Tinawagan ng taong ito si Jun Santiago(kaibigan to ng mataas na opisyal si Jun)at sinabing pauwiin ang katulong dahil sobra ng nag alala ang mga magulang nito. Pinatakas din ni Jun ang isang katulong na to para makauwi. Ipinakita pa nila ang mga natamo nilang mga sugat at pasa sa katawan na kanilang inabot sa kalupitan ni Maam MDS. Kaya sabi ko, kulang pa ang katagang BRENDA sa kanya. Isa siyang PSYCHOTIC na tao. Napakalupit nya at totoong hindi matino ang kanyang pag iisip. Kaya hindi sya bagay sa posisyong Presidenti. Madrama lang sya masyado at madali nya mauto ang mga taong hindi sya masyadong nakilala ng personal. Pag nakilala nyo sya ng personalan, baka mandiri din kayo.

        • siguro may kanser yan sa utak, matagal na. ano ba iyong kwento sa pag suicide ng kanyang anak? `hindi ko na kasi naabutan ang kwentong iyon at nabasa ko na lang dito sa internet. siguro dahil doon nasiraan na siya

        • Light, dark , green and hot ### moments, here’s why I like Raissa’s blog, there’s a bit of everything being a nationwide favorite site. I’m sure there are even celebrity and VIP anonymous guests visiting here. Cpmer’s galore is oftentimes a politician’s nightmare when we decide to dig their burrow. :)

  13. Mas mahirap pa yan anti-fencing law, hija. Just get the difference between the legal salary and the appraised value of visible properties and the difference is proof of graft and tax evasion cases can be instituted faster.

    • No, it should be the acquisition cost compared with all his legal compensation income. Appraised value is still paper income until properties are actually sold unless appraisal increment are booked for purposes of window dressing. Assessed value ( used by corrupt government officials to conceal ill gotten wealth, the way Corona undervalued his condo units in his SALN) is usually lower than acquisition cost and market value.

      • The properties are mostly hidden in secret bank accounts overseas and it would take an herculean efforts to uncover them – as experienced by the PCGG. The handiwork was made possible by the expert & expensive lawyers/liars to maintain their invisibility

  14. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

    I hope COMELEC doesn’t remove the nuisance candidates from the roster. After all I cannot figure out the difference between these candidates:

    1. Intergalactic Earth Ambassador Allan Carreon vs Miriam Santiago (diba spaced out sila pareho? Wasn’t Miriam nominated to the Intergalactic Court of Justice?)

    2. Archangel Lucifer (Romeo John Ygonia) vs Bongbong Marcos (see previous joke)

    3. Monita Arilla, (who wants to turn the country into an absolute monarchy for God) vs Binay (diba gusto ni Binay unli terms for President, one to sawa?)

    Tell me, what’s the difference between these candidates?

    • If you give me a month, using “differen” …tial caculus I may be able to explain the difference.

      The Philippines, of course, does not have a monopoly of persons with nuts for brains all over the world. But 60 so far filing COCs for the Presidency puts to shame our political system. For indeed looking at our sitting officials, the people are just saying — “if He/ She is there, why not me.”

      So, @andrew lim, please give me a month to give you a definitive answer.

      :-)

    • Media is to blame for the proliferation of these so-called “nuisance candidates.” They’re getting too much media exposure.