Ligot’s freeze lift should be appealed — Jinggoy

From the Daily Tribune (Apr 5): Ligot’s freeze lift should be appealed — Jinggoy

Government prosecutors should immediately appeal the Supreme Court (SC) decision ordering the lifting of the freeze order on the P54-million assets of retired Army comptroller Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot and his family members, if only to prevent from putting to naught the efforts of senators who unmasked his alleged ill-gotten wealth in an inquiry few years ago, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said yesterday.

Estrada led the Senate probe into the alleged ill-gotten wealth of Ligot and several other active and retired military generals following the surfacing of former Col. George Rabusa on the purported “pabaon” or cash gifts system in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the course of the upper chamber inquiry into the case of retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia over his P303-million plunder case.

“Although I disagree with the decision of the SC, we have to respect it. We, in the Senate conducted a probe on the hidden wealth of General and Mrs. (Erlinda) Ligot, including their homes in the US. I don’t know why this was the decision of the court,” he said.

“I really do not know the details of the case. But I disagree with the decision of the SC lifting the freeze order on the money of Gen. Ligot,” Estrada added.

 The matter of the high court’s ruling should be immediately petitioned by the Office of the Solicitor General for reconsideration, the Senate leader said.

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