By Jelly F. Musico
MANILA, May 13 (PNA) – Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Teofisto Guingona III released to the media on Tuesday the controversial list of Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the P10-billion pork barrel scam.
A total of 11 former and incumbent senators, including Jinggoy Estrada, Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr., were among the 98 individuals whose names were written on the so-called Napoles list.
Estrada, Enrile and Revilla were already charged with plunder in the Office of the Ombudsman.
Other incumbent senators listed include Vicente Sotto III, Loren Legarda, Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III, Gregorio ‘Gringo’ Honasan II, Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero and Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano.
Former Senator Manuel Villar and the late Senator Robert Barbers were also on the list which former Senator Panfilo Lacson submitted to the Guingona committee.
Neophyte Senator JV Ejercito was also on the list but listed as one of the 69 former and incumbent congressmen and congresswomen who allegedly received kickbacks from the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) they released to the bogus non-government organizations (NGOs) of Napoles.
Also in the list of former House members are former Batanes Congressman and now Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, former Partylist Congressman and now Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Chairman Joel Villanueva, and former Pampanga Congressman Mikey Arroyo, son of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Other former and incumbent congressmen on the list include: Jesus Judin Romualdo, Banzai Nieva, Isidro Ungab, Reynaldo Umali, Salacnib Baterina, Conrado Estrella, Raymond Estrella, Victor Ortega, Niel Benedict Montejo, Arthur Pinggoy, Samuel Dangwa, Florencio Flores, Erwin Chiongbian, Erico Fabian, Florencio Miraflores, Napoleon Beration, Rickey Sandoval, Max Rodriguez, Rufus Rodriguez, Rizalina Seachon Lanete, Edgard Valdez, Scott Davies Lanete, Rafael Nantes, Sunny rose Madamba, Ruffy Biazon, Gerald Gullas, Carlos Padilla, Rodolfo Plaza, Arnulfo Fuentebella, Raul del Mar, Rommel Amatong, Marc Douglas Cagas, Digaden Dilangalen, Iggy Arroyo, Rodolfo Valencia, Eduardo Zialcita and Nanette Castelo Daza.
Also listed as former and incumbent congressmen are Constantino Jaraula, Clavel Martinez, Manuel Ortega, Peter Falcon, Isidro Real, Corazon Malanyaon, Narciso Monfort, Uliran Joaquin, Joaquin Chipeco, Abdullah Dimaporo, Ernesto Pablo, Marcelino Libanan, Rolex Suplico, Benasing Macambon Jr., Jesnar Falcon, Nasser Pangandaman, Hussein Pangandaman, Boy Umali, Bagatsing, Malapitan, Ecleo, Olano, Jesli Lapuz, Oca Rodriguez, Alvarado, Tulagan and Nograles.
Those listed from the government agencies are Procy Alcala, Allan Umali and Ofelia Agawin, Teresita Panlilio and Narciso Nieto of Department of Agriculture; Alexis Sevidal of National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC); Antonio Ortiz and Deniss Cunanan of Technology Resource Center (TRC); and Rhodora Mendoza of National Agribusiness Corporation (Nabcor).
The names of those who served as agents also appeared on the list. They are Ruby Tuazon, Bryan Yasmuan, Jen Corpuz, Mat Ranillo, Pauline Labayen, Catherine Mae ‘Maya’ Santos, Patricia ‘Gay’ Agana Tan, Alen Ruste and Mon Arcenas.
Aside from the list, Lacson also submitted to Guingona a 30-page draft affidavit of Napoles and the narration of events.
”I hope that these documents will assist the investigation being conducted by your Committee and address the clamor of our people for transparency in public service,” Lacson said in his letter addressed to Guingona.
Contrary to reports, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago was not on the list, also called the Lacson’s list.
Santiago called Lacson an attack dog of Enrile, saying “the Napoles list, if unsigned, has no evidentiary value at all.”
Last Monday, Guingona announced the issuance of subpoena duces tecum, requiring Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila De Lima to submit her own Napoles list to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
Guingona said the committee will look into the list and then decide later if there is a need to reopen the Senate investigation on the pork barrel scam.
Guingona recently released the initial committee report recommending the filing of plunder charges against Enrile, Estrada and Revilla and some other individuals, including Napoles.
Enrile’s former chief of staff, Atty. Gigi Reyes, who allegedly received PDAF kickbacks on behalf of Enrile, was surprisingly not on the list submitted by Lacson. (Philippine News Agency)
