Imelda Marcos INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines – A Malacañang official on Tuesday applauded the Sandiganbayan’s order to forfeit one of the jewelry collections of former first lady and now Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos.
“Matagal na ang panahon ng paghihintay ni Juan de la Cruz sa mga utos ng hukuman tulad nito na maghahatid sa katarungan sa sambayanan sa isyu ng pagsauli ng illegal na yaman,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma said in a text message to media.
(Juan de la Cruz [the Filipino people] has long been waiting for court decisions like these on ill-gotten wealth that bring justice to the people.)
The order of the Sandiganbayan First Division, signed by Justice Efren De La Cruz and made public on Monday, declared that the pieces of jewelry known as the Malacañang collection belonged to the government since the Marcoses were not able to prove that they were lawfully acquired.
The Malacañang collection was among the sets left by the Marcoses when they fled in 1986 during the EDSA People Power 1.
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