Imelda Marcos claims poverty<\/p>\n
MANILA (AFP): The Philippine congress will investigate Imelda
\nMarcos' claim to be the poorest member of parliament after doubts
\nover her stated finances, legislators said yesterday.<\/p>\n
House of Representatives ethics committee members said it was
\nthe widow of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos herself who
\nrequested the investigation.<\/p>\n
In a congressional list of legislators who had filed their
\nassets and liabilities, Marcos emerged as the poorest member with
\nassets worth 70.46 million pesos (US$2.7 million) and liabilities
\ntotaling 100 million pesos ($3.8 million), leaving her in the red
\nfor 29.54 million pesos.<\/p>\n
Marcos said most of her assets have been sequestered by the
\ngovernment since her husband was toppled in a popular uprising in
\n1986. Ferdinand Marcos died in exile in Hawaii in 1989.<\/p>\n
Imelda Marcos was convicted to up to 24 years in jail for
\ncorruption in 1993 but remains free on appeal. She was elected to
\nCongress in 1995. She and her children face several tax evasion
\nand graft charges in various courts here.<\/p>",
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