By SHIANEE MAMANGLU
Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines — Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Romualdez-Marcos has filed a motion before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division seeking the court’s permission for her five-day official trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Robert Sison, Marcos counsel, said that the 81-year-old widow of former President Ferdinand Marcos is part of the country’s three-member delegation to the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Seminar on “Accelerating the Achievement of MDG-5, through the Role of Women Parliamentarians” to be held on March 9 to 12, 2011 at the Inter-continental Hotel in Phnom Penh.
Rep. Marcos is required to secure a travel permit each time she has to leave the country because of her 10 remaining active graft cases before the Sandiganbayan.
The cases involve allegations that she held financial interests in secret foundations and private enterprises while she was a member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984.
Mrs. Marcos complained about the slow proceedings in her cases noting that she was only 56 years old when the charges were filed against her in 1986.
She said years of litigation have also drained her resources so that she now has to withdraw from her husband’s pension at Veterans Bank to be able to put up the P750,00 travel bonds required by the graft court.
For this trip, however, it is the House of Representatives that will pay for airfare and daily allowances of the country’s delegation. The host country, on the other hand, will cover their hotel accommodations.
Mrs. Marcos is serving a new three-year term as a member of the Lower House having previously served a single-term as congresswoman of her native province Leyte in 1995.
2 comments:
She is getting old. Allow her to travel. She is not harming anyone at that age. What is the purpose of the trip?
Khmer kdaw tom
i hope she isn't trying to influent khmer ladies to buy 10 thousands shoes like her!
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