Gordon proposes abolition of PCGG - Malaya 09.18.2006
BY DENNIS GADIL
SEN. Richard Gordon yesterday said he will soon file a bill seeking to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government for allegedly milking sequestered corporations suspected to be owned by cronies of the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
"Matagal na ang 20 years. Meron na ba silang napakulong? Ilan bilyon ang nasa kanilang pag-iingat na nasa mga sequestered corporations?" Gordon said in an interview.
The PCGG was created in February 1986 with the purpose of retrieving the ill-gotten wealth of Marcos and his cronies.
Gordon, chair of the committee on government corporations and public enterprises which is investigating the mismanagement of Philcomsat Holdings Corp. (PHC), said his proposal will breeze through the Senate and will likely get the support of the House of Representatives, where many members have been calling for PCGG’s abolition.
"Palagay ko makakakuha kami ng suporta ng Kongreso," he said.
Gordon said under the law that his Senate committee envisions, the Sandiganbayan and Ombudsman will take over the job of the PCGG.
He said the proposed law will also require that all sequestered corporations be finally privatized to shore up government revenues and stop these firms from becoming milking cows of PCGG nominees.
On Friday, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile produced stacks of photo-copied documents which he said showed that officers of PHC abused their positions and milked the holding firm.
The documents, which were received by Gordon’s committee, included Bank of the Philippine Islands checks encashed by Johnny Tan, assistant vice president and accountant of PHC, between January and April 2004.
PHC is a major stockholder in the sequestered Philippine Communication Satellite Corp. (Philcomsat).
The checks range from P54,000 to P1 million.
Also presented were photocopies of several checks issued to Manuel Andal, PHC treasurer and chief financial officer, between January and March 2004, ranging from P3,000 to P62,775.51.
Other documents were photocopies of:
* A check worth P75,000 issued to Ernesto U. Pereda and/or Oragonon Bikol News magazine, allegedly requested by Andal.
* A typewritten reimbursement list of Andal for Feb. 1 to 28, 2005 totaling P87,542.
* A typewritten reimbursement list of Andal for May 28 to June 28, 2004 amounting to P45,036.
* Nine checks issued to PHC president Enrique Locsin between January to April 2004, from as low as P18,000 to as high as P83,158.95.
* Three checks issued to Philip Brodett, PHC director and vice president, between January and March 2004, ranging from P73,933.75 to P100,000.
* A public relations contract signed by Tan and Melvyn Martin, president of Martin Associates Inc., on May 23, 2006.
* A voucher in the amount of P224,000 issued to Melvyn Martin by PHC.
* A typewritten listing of cash deposits made by Monet Pangilinan, secretary of PCGG Commissioner Ricardo Abcede at the PHC and niece of Andal’s wife, totaling P172,000.
SEN. Richard Gordon yesterday said he will soon file a bill seeking to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government for allegedly milking sequestered corporations suspected to be owned by cronies of the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
"Matagal na ang 20 years. Meron na ba silang napakulong? Ilan bilyon ang nasa kanilang pag-iingat na nasa mga sequestered corporations?" Gordon said in an interview.
The PCGG was created in February 1986 with the purpose of retrieving the ill-gotten wealth of Marcos and his cronies.
Gordon, chair of the committee on government corporations and public enterprises which is investigating the mismanagement of Philcomsat Holdings Corp. (PHC), said his proposal will breeze through the Senate and will likely get the support of the House of Representatives, where many members have been calling for PCGG’s abolition.
"Palagay ko makakakuha kami ng suporta ng Kongreso," he said.
Gordon said under the law that his Senate committee envisions, the Sandiganbayan and Ombudsman will take over the job of the PCGG.
He said the proposed law will also require that all sequestered corporations be finally privatized to shore up government revenues and stop these firms from becoming milking cows of PCGG nominees.
On Friday, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile produced stacks of photo-copied documents which he said showed that officers of PHC abused their positions and milked the holding firm.
The documents, which were received by Gordon’s committee, included Bank of the Philippine Islands checks encashed by Johnny Tan, assistant vice president and accountant of PHC, between January and April 2004.
PHC is a major stockholder in the sequestered Philippine Communication Satellite Corp. (Philcomsat).
The checks range from P54,000 to P1 million.
Also presented were photocopies of several checks issued to Manuel Andal, PHC treasurer and chief financial officer, between January and March 2004, ranging from P3,000 to P62,775.51.
Other documents were photocopies of:
* A check worth P75,000 issued to Ernesto U. Pereda and/or Oragonon Bikol News magazine, allegedly requested by Andal.
* A typewritten reimbursement list of Andal for Feb. 1 to 28, 2005 totaling P87,542.
* A typewritten reimbursement list of Andal for May 28 to June 28, 2004 amounting to P45,036.
* Nine checks issued to PHC president Enrique Locsin between January to April 2004, from as low as P18,000 to as high as P83,158.95.
* Three checks issued to Philip Brodett, PHC director and vice president, between January and March 2004, ranging from P73,933.75 to P100,000.
* A public relations contract signed by Tan and Melvyn Martin, president of Martin Associates Inc., on May 23, 2006.
* A voucher in the amount of P224,000 issued to Melvyn Martin by PHC.
* A typewritten listing of cash deposits made by Monet Pangilinan, secretary of PCGG Commissioner Ricardo Abcede at the PHC and niece of Andal’s wife, totaling P172,000.
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