Agence France-Presse
The widow of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos said Tuesday she welcomed the government's refusal to cut a deal on the billions of dollars she and her husband allegedly stole from the nation.
The commission which has led a 20-year battle to recover the money on Monday ruled out any compromise with Imelda Marcos, who fired back on Tuesday that she did not want any such deal.
"Mrs Marcos never really wanted a compromise with the government. She has maintained her innocence and her husband's innocence in all the accusations and charges thrown against them," her spokesman Fernando Diaz said.
"She believes that entering into a compromise deal is a form of acceptance of guilt," Diaz said.
The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) said on Monday it had halted all talks for a compromise settlement after Marcos had said she wanted all outstanding cases against her settled by the courts.
Of the 900 cases filed against the Marcoses, seeking to recover as much as $10 billion in assets, fewer than 100 are still pending.
The cases have managed to recover less than $700 million from a Swiss bank account and property in the United States.
The PCGG only has jurisdiction over the Philippines but assets traced overseas are left to the Philippine government to recover.
"So far, she has never been found guilty of anything," Diaz said.
Many former Marcos allies have escaped litigation by forging compromise deals with the government, allowing them to keep much of their allegedly ill-gotten wealth.
Imelda Marcos's lawyers had previously hinted they were ready to take a similar move.
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