The Vice President speaks her mind about the Marcoses.
But this time, she speaks up not about Bong Bong Marcos in
their election protest filed in the Supreme Court, but by the alleged
willingness of the Marcos family to return back some of the “ill gotten”
wealth.
Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo issued a press release in
response to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte disclosure about the Marcoses would
not give any money back without being of
an immunity.
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| Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo , once said that Marcos does not deserve to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, now questions the sudden willingness of the Marcos family to return part of their riches (photo credit to owner) |
“Iyong sa akin kasi, bago pag-usapan
iyong immunity, dapat may pag-amin muna ng kasalanan. Mahirap magpatawad
sa isang tao na hindi naman inaamin iyong kasalanan(For me, before we
can talk of immunity, there should be an admission of wrongdoing. It’s
difficult to forgive someone who will not admit their sin),” Robredo said in a
press release Wednesday in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s disclosure a
day earlier that the Marcoses would not give any money back without being assured
they would not be jailed for it.
“Tingin ko, walang healing na mangyayari, wala dapat
immunity na mangyayari hanggang hindi pa inaamin iyong kasalanan. Kasi
gustong sabihin, gusto lang makalusot sa legal repercussions, pero wala
namang pag-amin noong pagkakasala. Kailangan nating intindihin na
napakalaki noong ninakaw sa taumbayan, na bago pa man pag-usapan iyong
forgiveness, iyong pagpapatawad, kailangang aminin muna na talagang
nagkasala sa taumbayan (I think there won’t be any healing, there should be
no immunity given while there has been no admission of wrongdoing. Because it
means they just want to avoid the legal repercussions, but there is no
admission of the wrongdoing. We have to understand that they stole vast amounts
from the people, that before we can talk about forgiveness, there has to be an
admission that they wronged the people),” she said.
A lawyer herself, Robredo noted the challenges of going through
legal proceedings. *
“Kung magbabalik-tanaw tayo, 31 years na mula na
nagsampa ng mga kaso, pero halos kalahati pa lang iyong nababawi ng
pamahalaan at naibabalik sa taumbayan. Mayroon pang kalahating hindi
naibabalik (If we look back, it has been 31 years since cases were filed,
but until today the government has only recovered and returned to the people
less than half of it. There’s still the half that hasn’t been returned),” she
said.
“So kung may offer na ibabalik, tingin ko mafa-fast
track niya. Kahit na nga super delayed na, tingin ko
mafa-fast track niya. Pero huwag humingi ng immunity na
walang pag-amin, kasi tingin ko vital iyon (So if there is an
offer to return it, it will definitely be fast-tracked. Even if it is already
super delayed, I think it can be fast-tracked. But there shouldn’t be immunity
if there is no admission, because I think it is vital).”
Report from interaksyon.com
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