For the first time since assuming his post, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. spoke about his family's P203-billion alleged unpaid estate tax.
"Now, we are all here, open the case and let us argue it," Marcos said in a pre-recorded interview with TV host Toni Gonzaga on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Marcos bared his family actually wants the case to finally be resolved and for them to be given the chance to argue.
"We are actually encouraging that this is finally be resolved because I don't want to make a legal opinion for which I am not qualified. But rather to say, that we were never allowed to argue because when this case came out we were all in the United States," the President said.
"So when it was the time for us to answer, we had no chance to answer," he added.
If given the chance, Marcos said they will shed light on the properties of the Marcos estate.
He said if the case is to be opened, they are now be given the chance to voice out "all of the things that we should've been able to say in 1987, '88, '89."