{"id":10291,"date":"2014-05-14T21:26:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T13:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=10291"},"modified":"2014-05-14T21:26:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T13:26:51","slug":"drilon-urges-public-to-be-discerning-amid-pdaf-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/14\/drilon-urges-public-to-be-discerning-amid-pdaf-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilon urges public to be discerning amid PDAF controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senate President Franklin Drilon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Senate President Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged the public to be judicious in determining whether the pork barrel scam is being used as propaganda by some individuals who intend to muddle the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201dI\u2019m appealing to our countrymen, guard the Senate, guard our public officials. But we should be discerning,\u201d Drilon appealed a day after an alleged list of lawmakers linked to pork controversy came out to the media.<\/p>\n

\u201dLet\u2019s examine which is just a propaganda or an allegation that has authentic basis,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Drilon promised that the Senate leadership will support the investigation and \u201cwe will send to jail those who committed wrongdoings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drilon clarified that he personally supports the release of the Napoles list and other lists, including the Benhur Luy list.<\/p>\n

\u201dBut (these) should be backed up with (pieces of) evidence and witnesses who can substantiate the allegation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, Senate blue ribbon chairman Sen. Teofisto Guingona III released to media the so-called \u201cNapolist\u201d of 98 individuals, including 12 former and incumbent senators linked to pork scam, provided by former senator Panfilo Lacson.<\/p>\n

Drilon was not among the senators on the list submitted by Napoles to Lacson but the Senate leader was reportedly included on the Benhur Luy list along with senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.<\/p>\n

Incumbent senators Ramon Revilla Jr., Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, Vicente Sotto III, Loren Legarda, Koko Pimentel, Alan Peter Cayetano, Gringo Honasan and JV Ejercito as former congressman, and former senators Manny Villar and the late Robert Barbers are on the Napolist.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe should be careful with the list that has no details because it might damage the reputation of the innocent individuals,\u201d Drilon said.<\/p>\n

For his part, Escudero questioned the authenticity of the Napoles list and Lacson\u2019s intention to submit the list along with unsigned affidavit of Napoles to the Senate blue ribbon.<\/p>\n

\u201dHe (Lacson) said it\u2019s a combined list of and his list. He said Drilon was not on his list but he was on Benhur\u2019s list. I was not on Benhur\u2019s list but I was included on Napoles list. Which is which? Why the people are allowing themselves to be used by Napoles,\u201d Escudero said.<\/p>\n

Escudero also questioned Lacson\u2019s statement saying the Senate will crumple once the Napoles\u2019 list will be made public.<\/p>\n

\u201dDoes it mean he (Lacson) is trusting the statements of Napoles and her husband (Jaime) and that\u2019s why he claims that our institution will collapse. Does he have personal knowledge about the list?,\u201d Escudero asked.<\/p>\n

Escudero believed the lists from Lacson, Sandra Cam and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima all came from Napoles.<\/p>\n

Escudero recommended to Guingona to subpoena not only the Napoles list but also the individuals who have been given copies of the controversial list of Napoles.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Santiago denounced as \u2018false\u2019 the allegations against her as drawn from Luy’s list.<\/p>\n

\u201dAll the documents are fake. I have no clue about the alleged details, which are all falsified or fictitious,\u201d Santiago said.<\/p>\n

The feisty lady lawmaker said she will confront Luy and Napoles, if they appear at the Senate hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201dSomeone has made money by using my name, and I will make that person pay, big time,\u201d Santiago warned.<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a criminal complaint against Enrile, Revilla and Estrada and other individuals based on the testimonies and pieces of evidence submitted by Luy to the DOJ and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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