The senator made the statement after he was asked for his reaction on people claiming to be his stepbrother and relatives recruiting members and soliciting money in the nearby Clark Freeport in exchange for a promise of shares in the much ballyhooed Marcos gold bullions.
During a press conference at the Fortune Restaurant here on Thursday, Sen. Marcos said “these people claiming to be from the Marcos family or relatives of the Marcoses, that if and when the Marcoses recover their wealth it will be shared to their members, should be arrested.”
“These people… puro mga estapador yan. Kasinungalingan lahat yan (These people… they are all fraud.
What they’re saying are all lies),” he said. “Unfortunately, there mare instances all over the country since 1986 of persons or groups who recruit members,” he said.
When asked if the Marcos gold bullions are true, he replied: “Wala pa akong natanggap (I had not received any).”
As for the person claiming to be his stepbrother he said: “No I don’t know this person.
What I tell everybody is this – he is a fraud, he should be arrested.”
“Sa buong kasaysayan ng pamilyang Marcos hindi kami humihingi ng pera sa taong bayan (In the whole history of the Marcoses we do not ask for money from the people),” he stressed.
It can be recalled that sometime in August last year, a man in his 60s identifying himself as Angel Ferdinand Marcos and claiming to be an illegitimate son of the late President Marcos had established temporary base at the Mabalacat City Hall extension office in Clark.
A Punto! news item said the man was “backed by burly and armed security guards and travels in a convoy of black sports utility vehicles to missions unclear, but he was reported to have recently sought audience with authorities of the Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) and expressed intention to make heavy investments in the aviation complex.”
He was later forced out of the building after the story came out in this paper.
