Cayetano warning: Wait till Bongbong Marcos becomes VP, PH will lose another $100B

Vice presidential bet. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is disputing Sen. Bongbong Marcos’ claim that he is not involved in any corruption allegations.

During the vice presidential debate at the University of Santo Tomas on April 10, 2016, Marcos said he took pride with the fact that he has not been accused of corruption during his stint as Ilocos Norte governor, congressman and senator.

In rebutting Marcos’ claim, Cayetano cited the alleged ill-gotten wealth of Bongbong’s father, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, as well as Bongbong’ P205 million worth of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocation which were allegedly coursed to the bogus foundations of accused pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.

“Sabi ni Bongbong, wala daw bahid ang kanyang pamilya. $100 billion ang ninakaw ng panahon ni Marcos, or P450 billion. Nung isang linggo lang po nagulat ako sa P205 million (na PDAF) nilagay sa Napoles NGOs. Hindi tatay niya yun, kundi siya. Kung yun ang hindi bahid, hintayin niyo maging vice president siya, baka $100 billion na mawala sa atin,” Cayetano said.

Marcos countered Cayetano’s statement, saying Cayetano’s figures of corruption are baseless.

He denied the pork barrel scam allegations against him, saying that even Napoles cleared him and said he has never met Marcos personally.

“I have to question the numbers Sen. Alan is throwing around. Hindi naman maconfirm, wala naman dokumentong sinasabi, wala tayong nakikita,” Marcos said, eliciting boos from the crowd.

“Lahat ng mga bagay na yan ay naging bahagi ng kung ano anong kaso sa korte. Kahit kami naman po, kung ano ang ituos ng korte ay aming sinusundan… Kaya tingnan natin ang mga facts na kanyang binibigay,” Marcos said.

Bongbong’s father the dictator Ferdinand Marcos was accused of plundering state coffers to benefit his cronies during his martial rule.

Bongbong’s mother Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos faces 10 criminal charges of graft for allegedly having pecuniary interests in various foundations set up by her and her husband to accumulate ill-gotten wealth.

The Marcoses and the cronies are also the subject of at least 300 civil cases involving stolen state coffers.

In 2011, a Hawaii court also ruled in favor of the over 7,000 human rights victims in a class suit filed against Marcos.

The Supreme Court in 2003 found that $320,000 in the Marcos estate were ill-gotten.

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