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REPUBLIC VS BAKUNAWA ET AL.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. LUZ REYES-BAKUNAWA, MANUEL BAKUNAWA, JR., MANUEL BAKUNAWA III, FERDINAND E. MARCOS AND IMELDA R. MARCOS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 180418 | 2013-08-28

FIRST DIVISION


D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

Assets or properties, to be considered as ill-gotten wealth, must be shown to have originated from the Government itself, and should have been taken by former President Marcos, the members of his immediate family, relatives, close subordinates and close associates by illegal means. That one served as a government official or employee during the Marcos administration did not immediately make her a close subordinate or close associate of former President Marcos.[1]

The Case

The Republic appeals the adverse decision rendered on April 10, 2002,[2] and the resolution issued on November 8, 2007,[3] whereby...