The party of presidential aspirant Isko Moreno Domagoso has asked the Supreme Court for a Certificate of Finality on the High Court's 1997 decision on the P203.819 billion tax liability case of the Marcos family.
In a letter addressed to lawyer Basilia Ringol, Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief of Office of the Supreme Court, Aksyon Demokratiko chairman Ernesto Ramel specifically requested a certificate of finality on the case.
Ramel said that the purpose of the said certificate was “to establish that the above-cited case is in fact final and executory and/or entered in the book of entries of judgments.”
Their statement comes after presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s lawyer Vic Rodriguez claimed in a Facebook post that the above-cited case is “not yet final and executory.”
Rodriguez on Saturday claimed that the noise about the issue is "all politics."
“It’s not a coincidence that rivals of presidential frontrunner Bongbong Marcos are raising this matter in unison a few weeks before the elections. Sadly, this is all about politics,” he said.
“Our rivals are misdirecting everyone by claiming that the case has attained finality when the truth of the matter is, it is still pending in court and the ownership of the properties in litigation has yet to be settled,” he added.
In his previous statements, Moreno has vowed to distribute the P203-billion tax as ayuda for families affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ramel slammed the spokesman of Marcos Jr. for claiming that the family’s estate taxes liability issue is just being used to score political points for the upcoming elections against the son and namesake of the dictator and former president.
