Imelda wants audit of all assets sequestered by PCGG

Former First Lady Imelda Marcos wants an audit of all of her family’s assets and companies sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), and find out who the "real thieves" are, as they received information that one of the seized assets had barely any money left.

Fernando Diaz, Mrs. Marcos’ spokesman and concurrent chief of staff, said that the former first lady wanted to know who the "real thieves" are and who "stole from the people."

"Mrs. Marcos wants the Philippine government not only to conduct an audit of the Technology Resource Center Foundation Inc. (TRCFI) but also the other projects of Mrs. Marcos when she was still minister of human settlements now handled by the PCGG," Diaz said.

"Based from the information we have learned the Technology Resource Center Foundation Inc. has hardly any funds left."

Last week the Sandiganbayan acquitted Mrs. Marcos and a former subordinate, Jose Conrado Benitez, of graft charges filed against them over a decade ago.

The case stemmed from allegations that Mrs. Marcos and Benitez had a stake in the TRCFI. Court records from the Sandiganbayan said Mrs. Marcos was minister and Benitez was her deputy in the defunct Ministry of Human Settlements, a violation of the 1973 Constitution.

Diaz said the foundation had about P400 million in funds in 1986 when the late President Ferdinand Marcos and his family were ousted by the EDSA I people power revolt and fled to exile in the United States.