Both Aquino and Arroyo opposed to planned sale of confiscated widow’s jewelry
PCGG Commissioner Ricardo Abcede appears to be determined in his plan to auction the jewelry of Imelda Marcos, despite opposition from incoming president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and outgoing president Gloria Arroyo.
Aquino said that “they waited for 20 years but did nothing. Why are they now in a hurry?” It’s just a matter of days before the next administration takes over. Sources from Malacañang said that “Arroyo was leaving it to her successor to decide on the final disposition”
Commissioner Abcede however, insisted that the jewelries were just gathering dust in the vaults of the Central Bank. Among the items intended to be sold were those gathered in Malacañang Palace after the Marcoses fled and those that were confiscated by Customs authorities in Hawaii.