Rodriguez: Negative, hateful na kampanya itigil na

BINARA ni dating Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile ang propagandista ng mga dilawan na si Atty. Antonio Carpio na hindi umano naiintindihan ang batas ukol sa mga buwis dahil sa mali at walang basehang pag-iingay nito ukol sa estate tax ng pamilya Marcos.

Kasabay nito, iginiit ni Enrile na wala siyang nakikitang ibang dahilan sa isyu kundi pulitika lalo na at isang buwan na lamang bago maghalalan sa Mayo 9.

“Alam ninyo, mga kababayan pulitika ngayon eh bago kayo maghusga, bago kayo maniwala, makinig kayo. Bago kayo maniwala isipin muna ninyo kung totoo yung sinasabi ng mga tao na yan,” ani Enrile sa panayam ng RMN news nitong Martes ng umaga.

“Kahit na ex-Supreme Court Justice Carpio kung hindi nya na pag-aralan yan at hindi nya naintindihan at hindi nya prinaktis sa kanyang pagiging abogado, hindi nya naintindihan yan,” dagdag ng dating senador.

Muling ipinaliwanag ni Enrile na kalokohan lamang P203 bilyong na singilin sa estate tax sa pamilya Marcos.

“Ang taxpayer ng estate tax, ay hindi yung tagapagmana, kalokohan yung sinasabi nila na may utang si Bong Bong Marcos at kanyang mga kapatid,” ani Enrile.

“Ang gumawa ng issue, ang gobyerno ni Cory Aquino, sinequester nila yung mga ari-arian ni Presidente Marcos. Pagkatapos sisingilin nila ng estate tax eh kalokohan yun, kaya dapat yung legitimacy nung ari -arian ni Presidente Marcos, malinis yun at dun mo babayaran yung utang niya kung may utang siya,” dagdag ni Enrile.

Nauna nang iginiit ng kampo ni presidential frontrunner Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., na “maruming” pulitika ang nasa likod nang pagpapalutang sa isyu ukopl sa estate tax.

“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,” ani Atty. Vic Rodriguez, tagapagsalita at chief of staff ni Marcos.

“It is 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,” giit pa ni Rodriguez.

Binira rin ni Rodriguez ang patuloy na umano’y maling impormasyon na kinakalat ng ‘propagandist lawyer.’

“Our political adversary is again painting the town yellow with his usual falsehood, lies, hatred and black propaganda,” ani Rodriguez sa isang pahayag.

“In G.R. No. 120880, the very case cited by our hateful critics, they conveniently omitted to mention that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have issued a total of thirty (30) Notices of Levy, resorted to public sale of levied properties and there being no bidder, lots subject of the public sale was declared forfeited in favor of the government in satisfaction of the estate tax due.

As held in this case by the Supreme Court, ‘in the case of notices of levy issued to satisfy the delinquent estate tax, “the delinquent taxpayer is the Estate of the decedent, and not necessarily, and exclusively Bongbong Marcos as heir of the deceased.”

Mindful that cases are still pending in court, truth however must be told, peddlers of lies unmasked; negative and hateful campaigning be stopped,” idiniin ni Rodriguez.