Palawan land owner asks Noy gov’t to pay P81M for PAF HQ rental
- Written by Paul Atienza
- Monday, 29 April 2013 00:00
President Aquino and his men had been ignoring a
plea of a private land-owner for payment of a long standing obligation
amounting to P81 million, whose 3.2 hectares land had been usurped by
the military using as Philippine Air Force (PAF) headquarters in Puerto
Princesa City, Palawan, without any payment, since 1973, that the Budget
department considered always as “least priority.”
Alexander Pio Lacandazo, 65, of Rengel Road, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, said he had sent his letter addressed to Aquino, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Budget Secretary Butch Abad asking for the payment of P81 million in his property which has been used as Air Force headquarters, the Antonio Bautista Air Base (ABAB) in Puerto Princesa City.
“I want them to know that the headquarters of the PAF in Puerto Princesa City is squatter in my property. They never paid a single centavo ever since,” Lacandazo said.
In his two-page letter to Aquino, which was received in Malacañang under bar code RC1217O71, “I am highly requesting your good governance in your capacity as President of the Republic of the Philippines, to effect the payment of my property acquired for four decades. I am demanding your good self to issue a directive to the Department of National Defense, and to the occupying 570th Composite Tactical Wing of Philippine Air Force in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. I am requesting sir, asking your favorable action for my claim because my purpose is to receive the payment as private property owner,” Lacandazo said.
The 570th Composite Tactical Wing of the PAF is now known as the ABAB in Puerto Princesa City, adjacent to the location of the Puerto Princesa International Airport.
Lacandazo said the 3.2-hectare property was occupied by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-PAF for almost four decades when former President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and issued his Letter of Instruction (LoI) No. 260 that empowered the AFP in Palawan to usurped the property for military use.
Lacandazo said that on March 15 and 22, 2007 meetings with AFP Real Estate Office at Camp Aguinaldo, he was advised that his claim be held in abeyance until such time that he could establish conclusive evidence of ownership of the property as the documents were still under the name of his late father Pedro Pio.
“With this requirement, I have already complied and submitted all necessary documents pertaining to the claim. Likewise, the property was already transferred in my name as evidence by the attached TCT No. 179590,” Lacandazo said.
He added that despite coordination with the PAF for the budget allocation since 2006, the proposed budget was never considered because there was no budget for the capital outlay for 2009 until 2012.
“As I have reiterated in my request to expedite release of funds and despite hard efforts to get necessary funding from Department of Budget and Management, the matter was not considered by the AFP for several years now,” he said.
At present, the value of the property, based on the assessment of the City Assessor’s Office of Puerto Princesa City is now P2,500 per square meter.
“In view of this, I am constrained to revise my claim to conform to the value based on the certification from the City Assessor’s Office and Resolution of the Appraisal Committee of Puerto Princesa City which cost P81,165,000 as computed,” Lacandazo said.
Alexander Pio Lacandazo, 65, of Rengel Road, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, said he had sent his letter addressed to Aquino, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Budget Secretary Butch Abad asking for the payment of P81 million in his property which has been used as Air Force headquarters, the Antonio Bautista Air Base (ABAB) in Puerto Princesa City.
“I want them to know that the headquarters of the PAF in Puerto Princesa City is squatter in my property. They never paid a single centavo ever since,” Lacandazo said.
In his two-page letter to Aquino, which was received in Malacañang under bar code RC1217O71, “I am highly requesting your good governance in your capacity as President of the Republic of the Philippines, to effect the payment of my property acquired for four decades. I am demanding your good self to issue a directive to the Department of National Defense, and to the occupying 570th Composite Tactical Wing of Philippine Air Force in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. I am requesting sir, asking your favorable action for my claim because my purpose is to receive the payment as private property owner,” Lacandazo said.
The 570th Composite Tactical Wing of the PAF is now known as the ABAB in Puerto Princesa City, adjacent to the location of the Puerto Princesa International Airport.
Lacandazo said the 3.2-hectare property was occupied by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-PAF for almost four decades when former President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and issued his Letter of Instruction (LoI) No. 260 that empowered the AFP in Palawan to usurped the property for military use.
Lacandazo said that on March 15 and 22, 2007 meetings with AFP Real Estate Office at Camp Aguinaldo, he was advised that his claim be held in abeyance until such time that he could establish conclusive evidence of ownership of the property as the documents were still under the name of his late father Pedro Pio.
“With this requirement, I have already complied and submitted all necessary documents pertaining to the claim. Likewise, the property was already transferred in my name as evidence by the attached TCT No. 179590,” Lacandazo said.
He added that despite coordination with the PAF for the budget allocation since 2006, the proposed budget was never considered because there was no budget for the capital outlay for 2009 until 2012.
“As I have reiterated in my request to expedite release of funds and despite hard efforts to get necessary funding from Department of Budget and Management, the matter was not considered by the AFP for several years now,” he said.
At present, the value of the property, based on the assessment of the City Assessor’s Office of Puerto Princesa City is now P2,500 per square meter.
“In view of this, I am constrained to revise my claim to conform to the value based on the certification from the City Assessor’s Office and Resolution of the Appraisal Committee of Puerto Princesa City which cost P81,165,000 as computed,” Lacandazo said.
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