Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos said he would strengthen the Presidential Commission on Good Government, a body tasked to recover his family's ill-gotten wealth, should he win as president in the May 9 elections.
The son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. said the function of the PCGG should now focus on addressing graft and corruption in the government, not merely on the Marcos family.
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"Kung ang pinag-uusapan mo graft and corruption, yan ang trabaho nila. Patibayin mo. Give them bigger budget, give them more staff para habul-habulin talaga nila lahat. Then mag-file sila ng kaso sa Ombudsman," he told CNN Philippines in an interview aired Tuesday.
"So instead of directing themselves against the Marcoses only, kung meron akong corrupt na kamag-anak edi lalabas ang pangalan niya. But not only us, lahat," he added.
Marcos said the issue that needs to be addressed is no longer the ill-gotten wealth of his family, but graft and corruption in the government.
"They (PCGG) are already there, edi gamitin mo na, patibayin mo pa, para talagang meron kang agency na walang ginagawa kundi nagbabantay na walang gumagawa ng kalokohan," he said.
Established during the administration of the late President Corazon Aquino, the PCGG was tasked specifically to recover wealth stolen by the Marcoses from state coffers.
As of March 2021, it has recovered P174.2 billion in cash and some P55 billion in assets either for sale or privatization from the Marcoses' loot.
Asked about his thoughts on his family's ill-gotten wealth as well as the human rights violations committed during his father's dictatorship, Marcos said: "Let the courts do their work."
"Kami naman lagi naming sinasabi, if a court orders us to do something, we'll do it. So let the courts do their work," he added.
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