Lawmakers authorized the faking of signatures – Benhur Luy

Principal whistleblower Benhur Luy told the Senate that some lawmakers authorized Janet Lim-Napoles to fake their signatures in documents that would facilitate the release of their pork barrel to her fake NGOs. While he said in the earlier part of the Senate hearing on Thursday, September 12, that Napoles’ staff drafted the endorsement letters and other documents and submitted them to lawmakers’ staff to be printed on official letterheads, Luy said forging documents and signatures were sometimes necessary. This was to facilitate the release of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and, consequently, the lawmakers’ commissions.

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