Ang Yaman ni Edcel Lagman “Fruit of Plunder Sabi ni Bishop Burce

In 1987, Lagman ran for Congressman the very first time, and he won. After that, good fortune and “blessings of wealth” has always been as part of his side.
This is exactly what most Albayanos bring to mind Lagman, but Bishop Hernando Burce looks at Congressman Lagman in a different level, the “wealth is the fruit of plunder”.

Regarding Bishop Burce, the lawmaker has accumulated P240 million in year 2007-2010 as First District Congressman of Albay, this has been identified by the Commission on Audit.

On top of this, Lagman presumably “owned a $30-million mansion in the United States, a P50-million house in Tagaytay City, a mansion in Legazpi City, a printing press in Quezon City, a first-class hotel in Albay worth P500 million, construction companies, and commercial lands in Albay”.

Bishop Burce has filed a graft case versus Lagman ahead of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB), however recently, he raised the graft complaint to plunder right after the Bishop unearthed more alleged anomalies.

Last April 22, Bishop Burce filed graft and corruption charges against Lagman before the Ombudsman for alleged malversation of Lagman’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) amounting to more than P200 million.

Bishop Burce is a member of the Alliance of Chaplains of the Philippines.

In a submitted 4-page supplemental affidavit, Bishop Burce asked the anti-graft body to conduct an extensive lifestyle check on Lagman, whom he stated, acquired properties in the United States, including here, way beyond the plunder threshold of P50 million.

He included in the complaint Tabaco City Mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro, who is Lagman’s daughter.

“I am therefore charging the respondent Rep. Edcel Lagman in cahoots with his daughter Krisel Lagman-Luistro for the crime of plunder which they committed during his term as congressman for the first district of Albay covering the period 2007-2010 who, per report of the Commission on Audit attached to the main complaint, they accumulated more than P240 million,” Bishop Burce attested in his complaint.
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