The Sandiganbayan has dismissed Civil Case No. 0014, an ill-gotten wealth case filed in 1987 against the late former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, his wife Imelda, and other alleged business associates and so-called cronies. ManilaBulletin
In a 45-page decision, the anti-graft court ruled there is no sufficient evidence presented to justify the forfeiture of the properties and assets of the Marcoses and other defendants.
The fact that the court lifted the writs of sequestration in a resolution dated June 14, 2022 only proves that it has no bearing in proving that the assets are ill-gotten, it stressed. In its decision, the Sandiganbayan said that in the Articles of Incorporation and the General Information Sheets of the said corporations, only the names of the individual defendants are shown and there was no linkage to the Marcoses.
Even if the documents bore any substantial proof against the defendants, the court said that they are still inadmissible because of the failure to observe the Best Evidence Rule. The bulk of the documentary evidence were "mere photocopies," and "most of which are barely readable."
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