“As it turned out, if I had thought that this appointment would make the recovery of the funds like a walk in the park, I would be sadly disappointed if not bitterly disillusioned by the betrayals on the part of post-Marcos administrations, which made the recovery process almost impossible given the briar patch of legal impediments and political compromises made by them. At the end of the day the interest of the coconut farmers was offered in the altar of avarice and political opportunism,” he said in August 2012.