{"id":17205,"date":"2014-06-27T00:18:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=17205"},"modified":"2014-06-27T00:18:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T16:18:22","slug":"pork-barrel-cases-validate-pres-aquinos-anti-corruption-campaign-marcos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/27\/pork-barrel-cases-validate-pres-aquinos-anti-corruption-campaign-marcos\/","title":{"rendered":"Pork barrel cases validate Pres. Aquino\u2019s anti-corruption campaign — Marcos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles. Photo from Aquino’s official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Sen. Ferdinand \u2018Bongbong\u2019 Marcos Jr. on Thursday said President Benigno Aquino III can highlight the pork barrel scam cases in his upcoming state of the nation address (SONA) as validation of his administration\u2019s serious campaign against corruption.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dIt could be said that this validates that this administration is serious about anti-corruption. The President was elected for that campaign (straight path),\u201d Marcos said in a weekly Kapihan sa Senado forum.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcos, however, clarified that he is not sure whether the President would include in his SONA the plunder and graft charges filed against three senators and other individuals, including the alleged mastermind Janet Lim Napoles of the P10-billion pork scam.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dI am also curious like you what the SONA will contain, what he will talk about, what he will stress on, what he will give importance and what he will exclude,\u201d Marcos said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcos said his colleagues \u2013 Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada and others charged over pork scam will remain accused individuals unless proven beyond reasonable doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dI\u2019m always a little bit nonplussed by the assumption that they are guilty. Let\u2019s see what the trial will bring. We do not exactly know the elements of the case,\u201d Marcos said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dWe will have to wait because the judgment is yet to be made as to what happened. We have heard many accusations, about one list, this list, other list. But that is not the trial. We have to wait until we see the evidence,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The three senators were accused of receiving kickbacks from the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) they released to the bogus non-government organizations (NGOs) of Napoles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Revilla and Estrada are now detained at the Camp Crame while Enrile is still waiting for the Sandiganbayan to resolve his motions to dismiss the plunder and graft charges against him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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