Members of the Marcos family including Imee Marcos (far left) on Oct 16, 2018. INQUIRER.NET
MANILA: Although pleased by the Sandiganbayan’s (special court dealing in graft cases) junking of the P276-million ill-gotten wealth case against her family, Sen Imee Marcos lamented the 37 long years they had to endure waiting for its resolution.
“I am grateful, but it took so long,” Marcos said at the Pandesal Forum in Quezon City on Thursday (Oct 10).
“We’ve waited for 38 years, and we’ve seen that the evidence is lacking,” she added.
The case was filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government on July 21, 1987 against the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr, his widow former first lady Imelda Marcos, and an alleged crony, Roman Cruz Jr.
In Civil Case No. 006, the first couple was accused of using Cruz to purchase parcels of land supposedly through ill-gotten wealth. But the Sandiganbayan dismissed the case due to inordinate delay.
In its resolution, the court also cited a provision in the 1987 Constitution that states that all persons have the right to “a speedy disposition of their cases before all judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative bodies.”
Still, Sen Marcos said the family was very pleased by the court’s decision.
“Although the long delay of course has been very difficult and painful for my family,” the senator added. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
