Rights victims angry at end to Marcos wealth hunt
Agence France-Presse
January 2, 2013

MANILA – Philippine torture victims under the 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos vented their anger Wednesday at a reported government plan to wind down its hunt for the late dictator’s embezzled billions.

The proposal, now under consideration by President Benigno Aquino, would give the signal that people in power can commit crimes with impunity, said the group which calls itself Selda, the local word for a prison cell.

“We cannot just forgive and forget what the Marcoses did to us, nor must the Aquino government stop pursuing justice for martial law victims and the rest of the Filipinos,” the group said in a statement.

The Presidential Commission on Good Government, the agency tasked with recovering the Marcos wealth, said last month that it would soon wind down its operations after almost 30 years.

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