THE Sandiganbayan said in a ruling it would not re-open the case against business tycoon Lucio Tan and allow his estranged brother, Mariano Tanenglian, to testify that his assets belonged to the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
The anti-graft court’s ruling thrashed the plea of Catalino Generillo, a former lawyer of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, saying he was no longer directly involved in the case after the commission had sacked him.
“It bears emphasis that Atty. Generillo is not the real-party-in interest in the instant case. He has no legal personality to ask for a re-opening of the trial, as he does not stand to be benefited or be prejudiced by the judgment in the instant suit. Neither is he the party entitled to the avails of the suit, Associate Justice Roland Jurado of the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division said in a six-page resolution.
Generillo said that Tanenglian had a change of heart and would like to tell the truth and serve the cause of justice, which should impel the court to reopen the trial. The former PCGG lawyer’s motion in September 2009 came after the court ordered the prosecution to stop presenting evidence in the case.
Generillo said Tanenglian’s testimony would open the doors against Tan and to roll the wheels of justice. Tanenglian was ready to testify that Tan “is a mere trustee or agent of Marcos.”
The government was seeking to forfeit 60 percent of Tan’s companies, including Fortune Tobacco Corp., Asia Brewery Inc., Allied Banking Corp., Foremost Farms, Himmel Industries Inc., Grandspan Development Corp., Silangan Holdings Inc., Dominium Realty and Construction Corp. and Shareholdings Inc. The estate of the late president Marcos was pursuing the same assets.
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Macon Ramos-Araneta, Manila Standard Today
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNation.htm?f=2010/february/11/nation2.isx&d=2010/february/11
The anti-graft court’s ruling thrashed the plea of Catalino Generillo, a former lawyer of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, saying he was no longer directly involved in the case after the commission had sacked him.
“It bears emphasis that Atty. Generillo is not the real-party-in interest in the instant case. He has no legal personality to ask for a re-opening of the trial, as he does not stand to be benefited or be prejudiced by the judgment in the instant suit. Neither is he the party entitled to the avails of the suit, Associate Justice Roland Jurado of the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division said in a six-page resolution.
Generillo said that Tanenglian had a change of heart and would like to tell the truth and serve the cause of justice, which should impel the court to reopen the trial. The former PCGG lawyer’s motion in September 2009 came after the court ordered the prosecution to stop presenting evidence in the case.
Generillo said Tanenglian’s testimony would open the doors against Tan and to roll the wheels of justice. Tanenglian was ready to testify that Tan “is a mere trustee or agent of Marcos.”
The government was seeking to forfeit 60 percent of Tan’s companies, including Fortune Tobacco Corp., Asia Brewery Inc., Allied Banking Corp., Foremost Farms, Himmel Industries Inc., Grandspan Development Corp., Silangan Holdings Inc., Dominium Realty and Construction Corp. and Shareholdings Inc. The estate of the late president Marcos was pursuing the same assets.
Source
Macon Ramos-Araneta, Manila Standard Today
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNation.htm?f=2010/february/11/nation2.isx&d=2010/february/11
