MANILA, Philippines – The government through the Presidential Commission on Good Government lost its appeal as the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan upheld its August 2019 decision"Considering therefore that no new and compelling grounds were presented, the present motion bears no weight in calling for a reversal much less modification of the assailed decision," said the Sandiganbayan Second Division in a decision promulgated on February 13.
Roberto Benedicto, former ambassador to Japan and a close friend of Ferdinand Marcos since their law school days at the University of the Philippines. Benedicto died in May 2000, but while still alive, he surrendered billions of his assets as part of aThe PCGG accused the Development Bank of the Philippines of granting loans to Benedicto companies, who allegedly forwarded kickbacks to the Marcoses.
Ramon Monzon, the former CEO of RPN, IBC, and BBC, cooperated with the government and wrote up an affidavit to say he was a dummy of Imee. However the PCGG could not produce the original affidavit during trial. The decision, also related to the Marcoses, allowed the PCGG to file its formal offer of evidence. The Sandiganbayan noted that it admitted all the evidence provided by the PCGG, so it actually upheld the ruling."In the course of evaluation, however, the Court had to discard some documentary evidence for being incompetent and/or irrelevant," the Sandiganbayan said.
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