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ATIENZA
MINSAN SINABI NI IMELDA NA MAYROON
SILANG 7,000 TONELADANG GOLD BARS
INIHAYAG ni BUHAY party-list Representative Ayon kay Atienza, sinabi umano ni Marcos na
Lito Atienza nitong Miyerkules na minsan nang aabot sa pitong tonelada ang gold bars. the only reason, sabi nila, was the father was Matapos ang may 20 taong pananatili sa
sinabi sa kaniya ni dating First Lady at ngayo’y just protecting the economy for the [eventuality] kapangyarihan, napatalsik si dating Pangulong
Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos na “Seven thousand tons? Sana this time, makuha na umalis siya. He thought of regaining the Ferdinand Marcos sa pamamagitan ng people
mayroong tinatayang 7,000 toneladang gold bars niya yung inaalok ni Mrs. Marcos nun. Kapag Malacañang, that is why ganito ang lumabas na power revolution noong 1986. n FRJ, GMA News |
ang kaniyang pamilya. inaalok ngayon ay mapakinabangan naman ng parang naitago,” ayon sa Pangulo.
bansa ito,” anang kongresista. Published August 30, 2017 6:27 PM
Ang pahayag ay ginawa ni Atienza, dating
alkalde ng Maynila, kasunod ng sinabi ni Umaasa si Atienza na makabubuting ituon ang
Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na handa umano ang atensyon sa pagbawi ng mga tagong-yaman sa
pamilya Marcos na ibalik ang sinasabing mga halip na mga usapin na nakaugnay dito.
nakatagong-yaman.
“Kunin na lang natin ‘yung ginto at magamit
Gayunman, hindi isiniwalat ni Duterte kung ng Pilipinas dahil you can even imagine the value
sino sa pamilya Marcos ang kaniyang nakausap at of those gold bars which they claim they have,”
kung kailan nangyari ang pag-alok na ibabalik ang ani Atienza.
mga tagong-yaman.
“I announced it in light of all these
Sa panayam ng mga mamamahayag, sinabi developments, and we wish President Duterte all
ni Atienza na, “When I was mayor, sinabi niya the best. Sayang naman ang perang ‘yan. Thirty-
[Imelda] gusto kong ibalik ‘yung gold dito, ibigay one years have passed and wala man lang na-
sa gobyerno para mapawi na lahat ng utang natin.” prosecute,” dagdag niya.
“Sabi ko, why don’t you do it? Sabi niya Sa talumpati nitong Martes, sinabi ni Duterte
humahadlang ang isang superpower, hindi naman na ipinaliwanag ng kaniyang kausap na itinabi
maigalaw ang gold. Nakadeposito sa maraming ang kayamanan para magamit sa ekonomiya
lugar sa buong mundo,” dagdag niya. kapag nakabalik sila sa kapangyarihan.
“Sabi nila, isauli nila para walang ano—and
AMID LAGMAN’S CLAIMS
Alvarez: Let’s not slow down
the budgeting process
SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday week. The plenary debates have been reduced to
underscored the need to speed up the process of five days. Before, the plenary debates spanned to
deliberating the P3.8-trillion national budget for a period of two weeks to give sufficient time for
2018. the House to deliberate on this very important
measure,” he said.
This, as he responded to Albay Representative
Edcel Lagman’s claims that the House of “Now, coupled with a supermajority which
Representatives seems to be railroading the invariably and inordinately accedes to the
budgeting process and has not been fully exercising demands of the executive, then the power of the
its “power of the purse.” House over the appropriations has been lost. It’s a
lost prerogative,” he said.
“E bakit ba natin patatagalin? Ang dami nating
ginagawa dito sa House of Representatives. Hindi The House Committee on Appropriations last
lang po ‘yan ang ginagawa natin,” Alvarez told week finished its deliberation on the P3.8-trillion
reporters in an ambush interview. national budget for 2018 and is currently holding
the pre-plenary conferences for various agencies of
“I don’t see any reason kung bakit kailangan the government.
nating patagalin ‘yan, e kung okay na naman.
Ang daming committee niyan. Meron tayong But Alvarez argued that the Lower House
Committee on Appropriations pinag-aaralang should indeed speed up its budgeting process,
mabuti ‘yan. Nagkakaroon tayo ng pagdinig at given the other equally important activities and
kung ano pa, ‘di ba?” he added. events of the legislators.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Lagman “Huwag na nating patagalin. Dapat nga pabilisin
alleged that the House of Representatives seems to pa natin para matapos tayo diyan at gagawa naman
be railroading the budget process. tayo ng ibang trabaho,” he said. n Erwin Colcol, KG,
“Look at what’s going to happen this coming GMA News | Published August 30, 2017 3:46 PM
