{"id":134757,"date":"2017-11-28T22:59:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T03:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134757"},"modified":"2025-01-29T22:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T03:24:31","slug":"napoles-files-motion-seeking-dismissal-of-plunder-charge-over-pork-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/28\/napoles-files-motion-seeking-dismissal-of-plunder-charge-over-pork-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoles files motion seeking dismissal of plunder charge over pork scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102056\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/janet-napoles-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102056\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/janet-napoles-1.jpg\" alt=\"Napoles\u2019s camp said that the evidence presented by the prosecution is absolutely lacking. (PNA photo)\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/janet-napoles-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/janet-napoles-1-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Napoles\u2019s camp said that the evidence presented by the prosecution is absolutely lacking. <a href=\"http:\/\/58.71.118.44\/\/images\/janet-napoles.jpg\">(PNA photo)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The embattled businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles who is accused as the mastermind of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or \u201cPork Barrel\u201d scam has sought for the approval from the Sandiganbayan to file a demurrer to evidence in the plunder case filed against her and co-accused Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla.<\/p>\n<p>Napoles\u2019s camp defends that \u201cthe information failed to specify who is the main plunderer in this case. Hence, on this point, the Plunder charge against Accused Napoles should be dismissed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flexeril online <a href=\"http:\/\/culia.net\/culiakiclinic\/html\/flexeril.html\">http:\/\/culia.net\/culiakiclinic\/html\/flexeril.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a 23-page motion filed on November 24, Napoles\u2019s camp said that the evidence presented by the prosecution is absolutely lacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn summation, the evidence presented by the prosecution is absolutely lacking, i.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"http:\/\/culia.net\/culiakiclinic\/html\/clenbuterol.html\">http:\/\/culia.net\/culiakiclinic\/html\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>e[.], as to the approximate time of the commission of the offense, the particular place where the offense was committed, and more importantly, the specific acts or omissions constituting the offense,\u201d the motion read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccordingly, Accused, through counsel, begs kind leave of the Honorable Court to file demurrer to evidence on the ground that the evidence adduced by the prosecution miserably failed to destroy\/rebut the constitutional presumption of innocence of accused which warrants their conviction, nor has the prosecution proved the accused\u2019s guilt beyond reasonable doubt to produce a conviction,\u201d Napoles\u2019s camp said.<\/p>\n<p>The case stemmed from the P224-million plunder and graft charges filed by the Office of the Ombudsman to the Sandiganbayan against Revilla and his former aide Richard Cambe, Napoles, Ronald John Lim, and John Raymund de Asis.<\/p>\n<p>The ombudsman also charged Juan Ponce Enrile, Jose \u201cJinggoy\u201d Estrada, and other individuals in 2014 in connection with the PDAF scam.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy abilify online <a href=\"http:\/\/culia.net\/culiakiclinic\/html\/abilify.html\">http:\/\/culia.net\/culiakiclinic\/html\/abilify.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The embattled businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles who is accused as the mastermind of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":102056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[35909,1494,35908,10149,1594],"class_list":["post-134757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-demurrer-to-evidence","tag-janet-lim-napoles","tag-priority-development-assistance-fund-pdaf-or-pork-barrel","tag-ramon-bong-revilla","tag-sandiganbayan","mauthors-michealina-vallarta-david","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286895,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134757\/revisions\/286895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}