My interview with Boboy Parlade, the youngest commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Commission_on_Good_Government ). All his claims were backed up by voluminous documents since left to rot. In 1990 I wrote: “At 31, the newest Good Government Commissioner has become an expert at evading press. Why? Because he knows about former President Ferdinand Marcos’ hidden wealth more than anyone in this country. This being only his second job, Good Government commissioner Caesar Octavius ‘Boboy’ Parlade feels that he has to prove his worth to a lot of people. But his staff, convinced that he is qualified as a commissioner, apparently do not agree. Boboy admits to having no political leanings; he sees himself as a man assigned to do a special job: to seek out Marcos' hidden loot. A certified public accountant by profession, Parlade just wants to do his task as effectively as he could. Considered as the PCGG's 'whiz k...
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