{"id":148467,"date":"2018-01-24T01:11:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T06:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148467"},"modified":"2018-01-24T01:11:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T06:11:44","slug":"napoles-claim-vs-drilon-should-be-investigated-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/24\/napoles-claim-vs-drilon-should-be-investigated-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoles\u2019 claim vs. Drilon should be investigated: Palace"},"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=\"FILE: Pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles (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\">FILE: Pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malacanang on Tuesday said the claim of alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles that she gave election campaign donation to Senator Franklin Drilon should be investigated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think it is something that should be investigated. This is information which, for the first time, was revealed by Janet Lim Napoles,\u201d Roque said during Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with television broadcaster Erwin Tulfo, Napoles said she gave PHP5 million to Drilon during the 2010 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, the Constitution, in providing for accountability of public officers is the legal basis for the relevant government agency to conduct an investigation,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said both the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice (DOJ) could conduct their own probe on Napoles\u2019 latest allegation.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Napoles, being the key figure in the pork barrel scam, should back up her statement against Drilon with \u201cphysical evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo agreed with Roque that Napoles should execute sworn statement to make herself credible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, it\u2019s just hearsay. Just to be fair to everyone,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo downplayed speculation that the Duterte administration is using Napoles to pin down his critics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely, this administration does not interfere with anybody. That\u2019s the absolute policy: no interference with any department or agency,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Drilon, an ally of former President Benigno Aquino III, has denied Napoles\u2019 allegation, calling it \u2018fake news.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Napoles, a businesswoman, had allegedly channeled some PHP10 billion in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) into the ghost projects of several lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNapoles is the only person who can prove as to what really happened to this PDAF issue. So let\u2019s listen to Janet Lim-Napoles on what kind of evidence she has now,\u201d Roque said in a separate interview with Tulfo on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Roque is hoping that the opposition will not consider Napoles\u2019 claim as an attack against them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malacanang on Tuesday said the claim of alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles that she gave election campaign donation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":102056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[1494,978,18404],"class_list":["post-148467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-janet-lim-napoles","tag-malacanang","tag-senator-franklin-drilon","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148467","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=148467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148467\/revisions"}],"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=148467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}