Pacquiao warns of martial law, forgotten cases if Marcos wins

ILOILO —The Philippines will likely be placed again under martial law if the late former dictator's son and namesake wins the presidency in Eleksyon 2022, Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Thursday.

A born-again Christian, Pacquiao told reporters that he had a discernment from the Lord. 

"Ito ha, hindi rin malayong magkaroon ng martial law 'pag si Bongbong ang..." Pacquiao said when asked what the impact would be for the country if the issue of the Marcoses' ill-gotten wealth was forgotten with a Marcos victory.

"Sorry, pero binigyan ako ng discernment ng Panginoon. Pero hindi malayo na magkakaroon ng martial law ulit at 'yan ay pagsisisihan ng taumbayan," he added.

(It is not unlikely that martial law will be implemented if Bongbong... Sorry but I was given a discernment by the Lord. But it is not far that martial law will be implemented again and the Filipino people will regret it.)

GMA News Online sought Marcos' camp for comment but has yet to receive any as regards the issues Pacquiao raised.

"Kung 'yan talaga ang gusto niyong bayan, sige, gawin ninyo pero sinasabi ko sa inyo malaki ang posibilidad na magkaroon tayo ng martial law ulit. Kung 'yan ang gusto ninyo then iboto ninyo. At the end of the day ang sarili ninyo ang sisisihin ninyo," Pacquiao said.

(Mark my word. If that's really what your people want, go ahead, do it but I'm telling you there's a good chance we'll have martial law again. If ' that's what you want then you vote. At the end of the day you will blame yourself.)

Cleared in cases?

Pacquiao said the Marcoses' pending cases, including the issue of the unpaid multi-billion-peso estate tax, would be for naught if the family returned to power with Marcos in Malacanang.

"Sila, gusto nilang makabalik, bakit? Unang una, abswelto sila diyan sa gobyerno, sa taxes," Pacquiao said

(They want to be back in power. Why? First of all, they will be  cleared by the government, from taxes.)

"Pangalawa... 'Pag sila ang nabalik sa power 'yung mga naka-dispute na ari-arian, kayamanan at trilyon trilyon, gold, deposit, lahat 'yan malilinis na 'yan at kaya na nilang i-transfer sa sariling account nila, lilinis lahat," he added.

(Should they return to power, their disputed assets, wealth and their trillions of trillions, gold, deposits, all of that will be cleaned up, they can transfer the wealth into their own account.) —NB, GMA News