The following story simply underscores that money does not necessarily translate to happiness.Another issue here is, how did Iggy Arroyo acquire those assets in so short a time when before his brother got to Malacañang, he was said to be unable to pay his electric bills?
By Margaux Ortiz, Kristine L. Alave
Inquirer
The estranged wife of Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo has filed a petition for support and the dissolution of their conjugal property, accusing him of depleting their assets of close to P127 million “in a span of only one year” as shown in his latest statement of assets and liabilities (SAL).
Alicia “Aleli” Arroyo, accompanied by her lawyer Lorna Kapunan, filed the petition in the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Tuesday afternoon. The case will be raffled off to the court that would hear it Thursday, according to the court staff.
Iggy Arroyo is the younger brother of Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s husband.
In her petition, Aleli Arroyo requested the immediate dissolution, liquidation and distribution of their property.
She said that during their marriage, she and Iggy Arroyo acquired real and personal property, the majority of which were supposedly managed and controlled by the latter.
She listed the assets they owned as of 2005: Three houses in Las Vegas, Nevada; two properties in La Vista subdivision, Quezon City (she said that the second property — an 8,000-square-meter lot — was supposedly being encroached on by the houses of the First Couple’s two sons, Mikey and Dato Arroyo); two condominium units; lots in Muntinlupa, Tagaytay and Subic, and two haciendas in Negros Occidental province.
Asked to comment by Inquirer Visayas, Congressman Arroyo said it was Aleli, not he, who had “raided” their conjugal assets.
“She is the one who depleted our resources,” he said, adding that Aleli had sold their shares of stock and “raided” their joint accounts in the Philippines and the United States.
The congressman said he welcomed the complaint. He said he was planning to file one himself but that she had beaten him to it.
“I am glad she filed it,” he said, adding that he would also seek the inclusion of a petition for annulment of their marriage.
4 farms, etc.
Aleli Arroyo said that while it was not indicated in the lawmaker’s SAL, she had been informed that he had “acquired four farms for American-bred fighting cocks in Antipolo and Iloilo.”
She said she had also been informed that the lawmaker recently acquired other assets, including a house in San Juan City, a flat in London, two condominium units in Metro Manila, a property in Arizona and another condominium unit in Boston, Massachusetts.
“However, these properties were not declared by the respondent in his SAL filed in 2007,” she said in her petition.
She added that Congressman Arroyo had been buying and selling real property abroad without declaring that he was married, “clearly to keep [these] transactions hidden” from her.
Aleli also said she and her husband had acquired shares of stock in seven companies. She enumerated the motor vehicles, jewelry, paintings and antiques they supposedly owned, including several bank accounts of which she said she was a signatory to only two.
In one year
In his 2006 SAL, Congressman Arroyo declared under oath that the absolute community of property had a total net worth of P287,092,973.53, Aleli said. However, the following year, his SAL showed that he had only P160,226,763.18 worth of property.
“This means that in a span of only one year, respondent managed to remove from his SAL such assets belonging to the absolute community of property amounting to P126,866,209.35,” she said.
Quoting Article 135 of the Family Code, which considers as sufficient causes for judicial separation of property the abandonment of the petitioner by his or her spouse and the separation of the spouses for at least one year, Aleli asked the court to dissolve the properties.
“Necessarily, such assets of the absolute community of property that were surreptitiously disposed of by respondent without the consent of petitioner should be charged to respondent’s share upon the dissolution,” she said.
Aleli likewise asked for an accounting and inventory of the total property before its dissolution.
She said the accounting was “crucial” because she had been informed that the lawmaker “purchased various houses, vehicles and jewelry for his mistresses.”
The accounting to be rendered by the lawmaker would “hopefully” help the court “determine the exact value of the absolute community of property, the respective shares of the petitioner and respondent in the same, and the amount to be charged to the share of respondent,” she said.
Lastly, Aleli asked the court to require Congressman Arroyo to provide support in the amount of P400,000 monthly while the suit was in progress.
“Petitioner, who was constrained by respondent to become a full-time housewife, was suddenly left to shoulder at least P400,000 in monthly expenses to cover household bills, utilities, food, salaries of household staff, their daughter’s expenses, school fees and credit card charges,” she said.
Aleli also asked the court to appoint a receiver during the course of the litigation, or appoint her as the sole administrator of the absolute community of property while it had not yet been dissolved.
She said the move would prevent the further dissipation of the property.
To Aleli’s claim that he was acquiring property for his “mistresses,” Congressman Arroyo said she should show proof.
Bittersweet
In a press conference at her lawyer’s office in Pasig City, Aleli Arroyo said the past three days had been bittersweet — on Sunday, she marked the first anniversary of their separation; on Monday, she celebrated her 45th birthday while preparing the complaint; and Tuesday, she filed it in court.
The former broker and chair of the Philippine Stock Exchange related the details of their estrangement, which is now the subject of a case in a family court.
She said she had “never consented to any disposition of assets.”
“Therefore,” she said, “any dispositions made by Congressman Iggy involving the assets of absolute community property were in clear violation of the law.”
Aleli said she was shocked at how quickly the money had gone: “It was actually a surprise. It was shocking.”
She said she and her husband had not spoken since their separation last year.
“I suppose he’s got people to support, like his mistresses,” she said.
Aleli also said the complaint was the first step in the separation process. With reports from Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas; Alcuin Papa in Manila
saan naman galing ang mga milyones na yun kundi sa taongbayan? di ba sabi nga, si iggy noon, ni hindi makabayad ng mga pagkakautang niya, at nang maging kongresista lang,nagkaroon ng milyones.
yan ang sabi, galing sa nakaw, ninakaw uli.
mga ganid sa pera!
Soon gloria will get ideas from aleli about filing marriage annulment. there are lots of mistresses involved, but of course assets depletion will not be a problem. why … the assets of the pinoy people cannot be exhausted even with several mistresses and frequent world trips with several hangers on like jdv and brenda. gloria will surely cast an evil eye on mistresses when she herself runs out of her daily supply of sexcapades that she boasted before the foreign correspondents association.
Noong lumabas ang Jose Pidal issue ay hindi pa congressman si Iggy, kaya nga na-invoke are right to privacy as private citizen ni Iggy. So, mayaman na siya nuon, dahil siguro hindi na mabawi ng tunay na Jose Pidal ang mga nakaw na kayamanan na ipina-angkin kay Iggy. Napakadaling mahuli itong si Iggy, kung gugustuhin, dahil tingnan lamang ang kanyang mga declared income at income taz paid for as long as one can go back, at makikita at maikukumpara sa kanyang mga assets. Lalabas ang kanyang mga unexplained wealth, na alam ng lahat kung saan galing. Dapat maibalik ang mga iyon sa taong bayan, hopefully kung wala na si tiyanak.
I pity the children of people who go through this stupidity of marriage annulment that have actually a different meaning elsewhere. Marriage for example in the US is annulled only when the marriage is not consummated, but these marriages in the Philippines is more or less like a deception especially when there are a lot many children involved. And what a crap that these annulments can even be recognized by the church as legal and binding for couples to get remarried and feel and act as if they have never been married at all. Something is really wrong with the system.
Why don’t they just grant divorces so the children will not be obviously legally considered as illegitimate and lose any support from the father with a law in addition to this crazy law that makes the children to fall under the parental authority of the mother, who may likewise be deprived of any financial support, etc. from the irresponsible ex-husband and ex-father(?) Whoever made those laws should be condemned to hell!!! They are laws that can be thought of only by crooks and hypocrites.
Alitaptap:
The unano needs the Fatso because they are partners in these crimes they commit against the people of the Philippines. Besides, she is probably praying hard for the early demise of the creep so she can be open likewise with all those rumored liaisons she is having herself according to friends who know her secrets. In short, pareho lang silang dalawa ng asawa niya. Yuck!
For a congressman who was reported to be bankcrupt before he became a public official, these listed properties acquired for a span of a short period is very unbelievable! But this a a Philippine setting, and in this country, nothing seems to be impossible (after Marcos era)since the reign of this fake, liar, corrupt president and her equally “brainy” husband!
Perfect pair and another perfect candidate for H E L L!!!
I’ve got no sympathy for this Aleli! She is as stingy as her stinking husband! Pare-pareho lang silang mga GANID sa yaman na pag-aari ng bayan!!!
pabayaang sila sila ang magdemandahan. kung maaari nga MAGPATAYAN para mabawasan ang pamilya KAWATAN!
pisting yawang sabi bankrap na pero bakit merong daandaang milyon pang pinag-aawayan nilang mag-asawa? saan galing? saan kinuha?
hindi kaya parang binhing itinanim na tumubo at NAMUNGA?
abaruray, abarinding nakakaloko na ang usapin!
Aba’y kailangan supportahan ni Oinky IpDye ang naging lifestyle ng nakababatang kapatid simula nang ipa-angkin niya ang Jose Pidal account.
Kung hindi ay magkakawindang-windang ang kanyang lifestyle. Kapag dumating ang oras na iyan ay sasabihin na niya ang tunay na Jose Pidal – iyan, eh, kung hindi si Joker Arroyo muli ang mauupong chairman ng Blue Ribbon committee.
Instead of trying to get more VAT thru the toll fees so miniscule, get those unexplained wealth of Iggy Arroyo and others that were not included in their SALs. Legislators must really be serious to put more teeth on this. If MMDA can just grab the goods of the vendors, BIR could also get out there and grab at those unexplained wealths to plug current deficits.
Right, these two magnanakaws fighting over the stolen money of no other than the Fatso. The money was temporarily put in their bank accounts and of course the Fatso needed the money to finance the pro administration candidates’ campaign ads. Quite honestly, I do not pity Iggy’s wife. She already enjoyed the bounty for so many years. It is time to make a big lifestyle change. Ninakaw lang naman ang mga pera ni Iggy, di ba? Baka naman napunta na sa wife # 2, #3 and number nth!
Sana sabihin ni Aleli kung saan nang galing ang pera deposited in their account. Total nawalan na siya di parepareho silang mawalan. Iggy has more to lose than she. Sabi nga ni Mrivera hayaan natin mag patayan sila- Fued in the Family. Woe is me- shame and scandal in the family.
The BIR should go after Ignacio Arroyo’s alleged ill-gotten/unexplained wealth. Alicia Arroyo can help the BIR to tract down Jose Pidal’s unexplained wealth. There are other impotent government agencies like Anti- Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and the Ombudsman whom are mandated to go after alleged ill-gotten. Sacred cows are untouchables under corrupt Arroyo regime.
kikilos naman kaya ang BIR niyan eh selective ang kanilang paghabol sa mga tax evaders. wala na talagang natitirang kahihiyan sa katawan ang magkapatid na arroyo. katago-tago ng kanilang pagnakaw ng pera, hayan, mismong dating asawa niya ngayon ang parang manok na naghahanap ng perang ninakaw nila.
kapag nagbukas ang congress at hindi pa rin imbestigahin ang unpaid taxes ni iggy, dapat siguro talaga, hwag na rin magbayad ng buwis ang karaniwang mamamayan. pati si gloria, tanungin nga kung magkano ang ibinabayad na buwis. baka nga siya pa ang binabayaran, imbes na mapunta sa gobyerno.
isip niya nga, siya ang gobyerno mismo…..
tanga talaga.
palagay ko lang wala na sa pinas ang perang iyan.
Ang kapal din naman ng mukha mo Aleli ! alam mong walang pera ang asawa mo nuon..alam mong ang pera niya ngayon ay galing sa nakaw sa taongbayan, alam mong halos lahat nang perang nasa asawa mo ngayon ay galing sa mga nakaw nang kuya (FG) niyo, Sana’y binisto mo sila para sa kapakanan ng bayan,..pero hindi…Ganid ka rin, gusto mo pang pumarte sa mga ninakaw nila..sabi nga nila datirati ay di niyo alam kung saan kukunin ang pambayad sa kuryente at upa sa bahay..ngayon milyones na ang hinahabol mo…isa ka din sa mga walanghiya at magnanakaw…mabuti nga sa inyo ang nangyayari ngayon sa pamilya niyo..umpisa lang yan nang KARMA na sasapitin nang inyong pamilya…mabubulok ka rin sa impiyerno kasama nang asawa mo..tignan ko lang kung madadala niyo ang mga milyones niyo…Ganid !
Wala na ang kongreso na maasahang magimbistiga nito. Majority nila ay pro-admin. Pati senado na inaasahang magiging majority ang oppos, ngayon manority pa rin sila, wahdddha.
That shd be minority not manority, sorry.
Bob: Because the money is ill acquired wealth- kahit madala man nila ang pera pagnamatay sila masusunog din. Yon ang sinasabi na “gigisa sa sariling manteca”