25 years of demonization
FRONTLINE |
Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
In all those 25 years, these Cory Yellows and their media demonized, tried and convicted by publicity the so-called cronies of President Ferdinand Marcos — anyone who was identified and allied with, Marcoses were subjected to demonization by the Yellows and continued even more when they were in power and position. They filed cases against these cronies, sequestered their properties and assets, without as much as any evidence to prove that these were ill-gotten wealth, or assets belonging to Marcos and his family members.
One such individual who underwent such demonization and the outright Cory government sequestration of even his personal assets — including his home in Quezon City, which was purchased long before Marcos became president — is Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, whose only fault was that he was Marcos’ friend.
Almost everything believed to have been owned by Danding was sequestered, and without any proof these assets were ill-gotten, yet the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) continued with the sequestration of assets to the point of even sequestering and selling an airplane which, however, belonged, not to Danding, since it was leased to San Miguel Corp., for which the airplane owner filed charges against PCGG. What this means is that there was no investigation, no proof, yet the sequestration which really was confiscation, went on..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110414com2.html
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