Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso has vowed action in Php200 billion estate tax dues of the family of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr on being elected to power in presidential polls.
The Manila mayor’s camp intensified its attacks against the Marcos camp.
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Aksyon Demokratiko chairman Ernest Ramel and Domagoso’s campaign manager Lito Banayo held a press briefing highlighting the former senator’s tax issues, educational background, track record and public discussion no-shows.
Marcos Jr was convicted in 1995 for failure to file income tax returns from 1982 to 1985. However, the Court of Appeals acquitted Marcos of non-payment of taxes in 1997, but upheld the guilty verdict on failing to file tax returns. He appealed the ruling before the Supreme Court which withdrew it in 2001.
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The Commission on Elections First Division earlier dismissed petitions to disqualify Marcos from running for president. It said failure to file tax returns is not a crime involving moral turpitude.
The family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos has long sought to rebuild its image and has repeatedly denied allegations that it plundered state wealth while in power.
