Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan remarked that Janet Lim Napoles’ acquittal in the illegal detention case filed against her by Benhur Luy is a bad sign that the Supreme Court may have found Luy an unreliable witness.
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“Masamang senyales ito dahil una, nangangahulugan na hindi pinaniniwalaan ng korte ang testimonya ni Benhur Luy na siya ring key witness sa mga PDAF cases, o mga kaso sa tinatawag na pork barrel. Paano na ang PDAF cases?” Pangilinan wrote.
Pangilinan also slammed the fact that Solicitor General Jose Calida came to Napoles’ defense saying that she was mistakenly sentenced with a guilty verdict.
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“Dahil pangalawa, ang Solicitor General pa ng Pilipinas, ang opisyal na tagapagtanggol ng republika, ang nagsabi sa Court of Appeals na nagkamali ang Makati court sa pagpataw ng guilty verdict sa tinaguriang Pork-Barrel Queen. Paano na ang iba pang kaso ni Napoles? Bakit pinagtatanggol ng tagapagtanggol ng bayan ang Pork-Barrel Queen?” he added.
The senator said that the P10 billion worth of pork barrel funds that were spent on Napoles’ fake non-government organizations could have been used by the Filipino farmers.
“At pangatlo, P10 billion ang nawala sa kaban ng bayan, perang dapat sana’y napunta sa agrikultura, sa mga proyektong makikinabang ang magsasaka, pero napunta sa bank account niya at ng ilang mambabatas. Paano pa maibabalik ang perang ito?” Pangilinan said.
#Napoles even trended on Twitter with the Court of Appeals’ decision.
@HecklerForever threw shade at the government for this latest’ progress in Napoles’ case.
Thank you Duterte government! #napoles #acquitted #grateful pic.twitter.com/LvdEgDsrd7
— Professional Heckler (@HecklerForever) May 8, 2017
@ApoTerry said s/he will let karma work.
Wants to curse & slap both SolGen & Janet Napoles & d CA Justices for this travesty. I will charge this to karma. pic.twitter.com/KtTaaciCaN
— Lola Justice Terry (@ApoTerry) May 8, 2017
Here are more tweets about #Napoles:
ChangeScamming and its really sickening! After GMA, Enrile, & NAPOLES who’s next? Bong & Jingoy? Pardon my French, Tanginang gobyerno ‘to! 😡
— Miss Krizzy (@krizzy_kalerqui) May 8, 2017
And the award for Most Ardent Supporter of Janet Lim Napoles goes to… Duterte Soliciter General Calida! (Crowd goes ballistic!) pic.twitter.com/Ivc1MEdMKQ
— Leah Navarro (@leahnavarro) May 8, 2017
CA acquits Napoles
“Strategy yan ng gobyerno”I’ve got to hand it to the mga ka-DDS. They always find a false silver lining in everything.
— Miss Krizzy (@krizzy_kalerqui) May 8, 2017
Janet Napoles was acquited by CA in her serious illegal detention case. Accdg to CA, it didnt pass criteria of ‘seriousness’. it was a joke
— dennisthemenace (@DoubleDamage40) May 8, 2017
For his part, Calida said that justice prevailed as the Court of Appeals acquitted Napoles in her illegal detention of Luy.
“I commend the magistrates of the 12th Division of the Court of Appeals for doing what is right based on the evidence before them,” Calida said.
Calida added that the Office of the Solicitor General has recommended the acquittal of other accused individuals in appealed criminal cases due to lack of evidence.
“Some sectors make a big deal out of this case because it involves Janet Lim Napoles. However, as the principal lawyer of the Republic, this is just a simple criminal case wherein the evidence does not support the conviction of the accused,” Calida said.
Sources: ( newsinfo.inquirer.net , gmanetwork.com )
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