The Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing a second batch of cases where at least 10 lawmakers could be charged for conniving with alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles in the pocketing of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). According to Levi Baligod, counsel of Napoles’ former employees-turned-whistleblowers, a minimum of 10 legislators will be facing charges. He gave assurances the probe “doesn’t give consideration to whether they are administration [allies] or opposition, as long as the evidence is complete.” Baligod said the cases will include the alleged misuse of a P407-million government fund. The DOJ will not stop with the second batch of PDAF-related cases as originally planned. Because of the sheer scope of Napoles’ alleged pocketing of government funds, the DOJ also said it would file yet another batch of cases – this time related to all the other funds reportedly plundered by Napoles that were not from lawmakers’ pork barrel. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima however said that the documents for the second batch of cases are not yet complete but will be ready by next week “at the latest.”
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