Enrile says PDAF charges baseless

Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile said the plunder charges against him are “baseless” and “an urban legend,” adding there is no testimonial or documentary evidence showing he received P172 million in kickbacks in the pork barrel scam. Enrile filed his counter-affidavit before the Office of the Ombudsman last December 20. Enrile dismissed the documents that the whistleblowers and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) presented against him. He is accused of siphoning his pork barrel through 6 fake NGOs of alleged scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles. While Enrile also said he “never personally endorsed” any Napoles NGOs, he wrote the COA confirming he authorized his resigned chief of staff Gigi Reyes and his deputy chief of staff to sign documents on his behalf.

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