DAVAO CITY – The Presidential Commission on Good Government said on Wednesday that most of the cases filed against the Marcoses were litigated before President Rodrigo R. Duterte became the country's chief executive.
However, this would not stop the current PCGG officials to cooperate with the investigation that Senator Richard Gordon has pledged in connection with the string of setbacks the government had suffered insofar as recovery of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth was concerned, according to PCGG acting chair Reynold Munsayac.
Munsayac told the Philippine News Agency in a Facebook chat that they will submit “all available data regarding the case.”
"The PCGG welcomes Senator Gordon's pronouncement that he intends to initiate a Senate inquiry on the recent Sandiganbayan decisions involving PCGG,” he said.
But Munsayac said the PCGG wanted to reiterate that most of these cases were filed and litigated during previous administrations.
“Some of (these) were already submitted for decision as early as 2010,” he added.
He said the PCGG will also closely coordinate with the Office of the Solicitor General “to ensure that all available remedies will be availed of to protect government interest."
Gordon, chair of Blue-Ribbon Committee, did not say when the probe would start but added that they were just studying which committee will conduct the probe. (PNA)
