President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd L), his sister Sen. Imee (2nd R) and their mother, former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos (R), listen to the national anthem during a wreath-laying ceremony at a monument of the late dictator during celebrations to mark his 100th birthday in Batac, Ilocos Norte on Sept. 10, 2017. Noel Celis, AFP/File

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Katrina Domingo

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<p>MANILA — Retired Court of Appeals (CA) Justice Melchor Quirino Sadang has been appointed the new chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), Malacañang announced on Monday.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/23/coa-pcgg-building-disposed-last-year-for-p800-million"></a></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/23/coa-pcgg-building-disposed-last-year-for-p800-million">COA: PCGG building &#x27;disposed&#x27; last year for P800 million</a></div><p>Sadang will lead the panel tasked to recover the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family and their cronies during the dictatorship of the President&#x27;s father.</p><p>Malacañang has yet to release a statement on why Sadang was chosen for the position.</p><p>Sadang was part of the panel that reviewed the courtesy resignations submitted by police officials in February 2023, when the DILG tried to weed out from the Philippine National Police its ranking officials with ties to the illegal drug trade.</p><p>He was a CA justice from 2011 to 2017 and a presiding judge of the Cavite City Regional Trial Court from 2000 to 2011.</p><p>Among PCGG commissioners earlier appointed by Marcos are former Abra mayor Marco Bautista, former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority executive director Angelito Vergel de Dios, and lawyer Rogelio Quevedo, who was among those who questioned Marcos&#x27; loss in the 2016 vice-presidential race.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QuARhxMWU0Q?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sadang will lead the panel tasked to recover the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family and their cronies during the dictatorship of the President's father.</p>

Sadang will lead the panel tasked to recover the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family and their cronies during the dictatorship of the President's father.

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Marcos appoints retired CA magistrate Sadang as new PCGG chief

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Apr 22, 2024 05:03 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 22, 2024 05:36 PM PHT

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