Oct 072014
Philippine National Police chief Director General Alan Purisima has said that he was planning to sell his rest house in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija if members of his family would agree, a report on GMA News’ “24 Oras” said on Tuesday.
Purisima said it also hurt him to allow strangers into his rest house to prove that his property was not a mansion that his critics say it was.
“Alam niyo masakit para sa akin na pinapasok ng ibang tao ang aking bahay pero it’s normal pero kailangan naman siguro ipakita talaga para malinawan ang lahat,” Purisima said.
The 204-square meter rest house inside a 4.5-hectare lot has been the cause of the plunder complaints filed against Purisima. Aside from the main house, the landscaped property features a guest house, gazebo, and a swimming pool as shown to the media on Monday.
The property has a fair market value of P3.7 million, according to the PNP chief’s SALN. However, some groups argued that Purisima failed to declare its right value and called the house a “mansion.”
The PNP chief explained that the entire property was brought in 1998 for P150,000. He then worked hard to reach its current state. For him, the “mansion” was just an “ordinary house.” —Trisha Macas/NB, GMA News
