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THE Maguan family rejected the P3.6-million settlement offer of
Rolito Go, insisting that he must complete his jail term at the New
Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa until 2016.
Lawyer Jose Flaminiano said that the settlement
offer which was to be given on an installment basis was
“unbelievable and ridiculous.”
It will be recalled that Eldon Maguan, a student
from the De La Salle University, was shot by Go during a road rage
incident at Greenhills, San Juan City in 1991. Go was found guilty
of killing Eldon and was sentenced to reclusion perpatua or 40 years
in prison.
According to Elliot Maguan, brother of the
victim, they did not accept the offer because they believe Go is a
big-time contractor who continues to earn money even if he is locked
up in prison.
Meanwhile, it was learned that Go applied for
executive clemency for the second time before Marikina Regional
Trial Court Judge Lorna Cartis-Chua Cheng, wherein Go stated his
settlement offer will be paid in five years since his business went
bankrupt.
Flaminiano said that since Go was jailed, not a
single centavo was paid to the victim’s family, so they do not see
any reason as to how he can make payments now.
Flaminiano even described as “preposterous and
completely unacceptable” the 31-page proposal of Go to fix his
civil liability.
Go requested for executive clemency in September
2006, but was denied due to his nonpayment of damages to the
victim’s family. In June 2007, Go filed an appeal before the
Bureau of Pardons and Parole, but he was also unheeded because he
did not seek forgiveness from the Maguan family.
During Tuesday’s hearings on the matter,
Flaminiano said that Prime Consortium Finance Corp., which is owned
by the Go family, has a capital of P10 million.
He also revealed that Go still manages his
construction company and conducts transactions with banks and other
companies. Flaminiano said that they have every reason to believe
that Go is still amassing wealth even if the convict is jailed,
adding that Go is also into the money laundering business since
1998.
-- Francis Earl A. Cueto
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