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MANILA, Philippines – Alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles tagged at least 29 more congressmen in one of two affidavits she submitted to the Senate on Monday, May 26.
Napoles tagged around 100 current and former members of the House of Representatives in her affidavit. They supposedly got kickbacks from transactions that were part of the multi-billion-peso pork barrel scam.
The following representatives of the Lower House did not appear in previous “Napoles lists” made public by Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima:
- Agarao, Benjamin Jr
- Albano, Rodolfo Jr
- Amatong, Prospero
- Banaag, Leovigildo
- Chavez, Leonila
- Cortuna, Julieta
- Cuenco, Antonio
- Defensor, Matias Jr
- Ducut, Zenaida
- Echiverri, Enrico
- Espinosa, Edgar
- Lagdameo, Antonio Jr
- Magsaysay, Eulogio Jr
- Mercado, Roger
- Miranda, Anthony
- Pichay, Prospero
- Plaza, Maria Valentina
- Ramiro, Herminia
- Remulla, Gilbert
- Roman, Antonino
- Romualdo, Pedro
- San Luis, Rodolfo
- Sandoval, Vicente
- Santiago, Joseph
- Solis, Jose
- Umali, Aurelio
- Veloso, Eduardo
- Yumul-Hermida, Georgilu
- Zamora, Manuel “Way Kurat”
Five of them – Cortuna, Echiverri, Plaza, Roman, and San Luis – received cash allowances only, according to the affidavit.
Meanwhile, two names that were in previous “Napoles lists” were excluded in the affidavit:
- Amatong, Rommel
- Defensor, Maite
Full names included
At least 3 congressmen who were identified by their surnames only in previous lists appear to have been identified by their full names in the affidavit Napoles submitted on Monday.
The name “Cong. Angara – APO” was handwritten by Napoles in an earlier list submitted by the Department of Justice to the Senate. It may now refer to returning Aurora Representative Bellaflor Angara-Castillo, who was listed in the affidavit. She is the aunt of Senator Sonny Angara.
The same goes for “Emano” – also handwritten by Napoles in a previous list – and identified as “Emano, Yevgeny Vicente” in the affidavit released Monday.
Meanwhile, a certain representative listed only as “Ecleo” in previous lists and listed as “Ecleo, Glenda” in the new affidavit may be one and the same. Glenda Ecleo is the incumbent governor of Dinagat Islands, and a former representative of the province. (Ruben Ecleo, her son, was also a former representative.)
Napoles also named 9 more current and former senators in the same affidavit. – Rappler.com
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