Estrada to sue UN for corruption tag
01/30/2008 | 06:55 PM
Former president Joseph Estrada vowed Wednesday to file charges before the International Court against the United Nations (UN) for tagging him as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world.
Estrada, who extended his stay in Hong Kong, told radio station DZBB that the statement of the UN’s anti-corruption conference ranking him as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world “is baseless."
“We will file charges against the UN for that baseless statement. They should lay down their basis for tagging me as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world" Estrada said.
The UN anti-corruption conference, which is currently being held in Indonesia, ranked him as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world for allegedly having raked in an estimated $78 million to $80 million during his presidency from 1998 until he was ousted on January 20, 2001.
Topping the list of the 10 most corrupt leaders of the world include, Mohammed Suharto of Indonesia for amassing $15 billion to $35 billion landing on first; former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, with $5 billion to $10 billion; Nobuto Sese Seko of Zaire, $5 billion; Sammy Hanatia of Nigeria, $2 billion to $5 billion; Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia Yugoslavia, $1 billion; John Claude Covalier of Tahiti, $300 million to $800 million; Alberto Fujimori of Peru, $600 million; Pablo Lazarengco of Ukraine, $144 million to $200 million and Arnoldo Aleman of Nicaragua with $100 million. - GMANews.TV
Estrada, who extended his stay in Hong Kong, told radio station DZBB that the statement of the UN’s anti-corruption conference ranking him as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world “is baseless."
“We will file charges against the UN for that baseless statement. They should lay down their basis for tagging me as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world" Estrada said.
The UN anti-corruption conference, which is currently being held in Indonesia, ranked him as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world for allegedly having raked in an estimated $78 million to $80 million during his presidency from 1998 until he was ousted on January 20, 2001.
Topping the list of the 10 most corrupt leaders of the world include, Mohammed Suharto of Indonesia for amassing $15 billion to $35 billion landing on first; former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, with $5 billion to $10 billion; Nobuto Sese Seko of Zaire, $5 billion; Sammy Hanatia of Nigeria, $2 billion to $5 billion; Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia Yugoslavia, $1 billion; John Claude Covalier of Tahiti, $300 million to $800 million; Alberto Fujimori of Peru, $600 million; Pablo Lazarengco of Ukraine, $144 million to $200 million and Arnoldo Aleman of Nicaragua with $100 million. - GMANews.TV
