Marcoses to seek immunity – Duterte

The family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos will seek immunity from prosecution in exchange for the ill-gotten wealth that they intend to return to the government, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday.

“Whether it is gold, silver or platinum [that will be returned] you need a law [coming from Congress] because itong mga Marcos hindi papayag na isauli nila tapos ikulong sila. Kung ikulong mo ako, bakit ko isauli, di ba? (The Marcoses won’t agree to return the ill-gotten wealth if they will be jailed. If they will end up in jail, why would they return anything?),” Duterte said at the sidelines of the awarding of the Metrobank’s Outstanding Filipinos that included soldiers, police officers, teachers, among others.