MANILA, Philippines — An alleged list of "pork
barrel" scam operators made the rounds in political circles just as calls
for the disclosure of suspected mastermind Janet Lim Napoles' sworn affidavit
were made official by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
The newly surfaced list, whose source has not yet been
determined, contains names of nine incumbent senators including plunder
respondents Senators Jinggoy Estrada, Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon
"Bong" Revilla, Jr.. It tags former Senator Robert Barbers and then
San Juan representative now Senator JV Ejercito.
Incumbent and former members of the House of
Representatives—53 of them, including Ejercito—are also identified in the list
of alleged cohorts of Napoles in the multi-billion peso Priority Development
Assistance Funds embezzlement.
Among the former congressmen named are current
administration officials Florencio Abad, Joel Villanueva and Rozzano Rufino
Biazon.
Besides Napoles, whose list was submitted to the Department
of Justice, former Senator Panfilo Lacson, principal scam whistleblower Benhur
Luy and jueteng scandal whistleblower Sandra Cam claim to have lists
linked to the pork barrel scam.
Lacson had said that 21 senators and 90 congressmen are
tagged in a combined list of "pork barrel" and Malampaya Fund scams.
Lacson said one of the lists came from Luy and retrieved from a computer's hard
disc drive.
Cam, meanwhile, claimed that 16 senators and 82
representatives are in a document given to her by an unnamed source.
President Aquino admitted on Monday he has seen two
different pork barrel scam lists, which he said "don't match."
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima refused to confirm the
credibility of Lacson's and Cam's list, but said she is ready to submit
Napoles' affidavit and list to the Senate panel following a subpoena issued
Monday. - Camille Diola
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/05/13/1322611/alleged-pork-scam-list-surfaces
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