By VERA Files
THE National Bureau of Investigation filed on Monday afternoon plunder and malversation of public funds charges against Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile, and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund, more commonly known as “pork barrel.”
Similar charges were filed against former Masbate Rep. and now Gov. Rizalina Lanete and former APEC party-list Rep. Edgar Valdez.
No fireworks seen with filing of raps vs. lawmakers
By DANA BATNAG, VERA Files
IT WILL be a much-anticipated media event, but the filing of complaints against senators and congressmen allegedly involved in the pork barrel scam is unlikely to result in fireworks or other earthshaking political upheavals.
That’s because filing a complaint with the Ombudsman is just the start of a long process—one that may take years—to make public officials accountable for their misdeeds
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The five public officials were found to have each accumulated more than P50 million, the threshold amount for plunder, through misappropriation, misuse and conversion of their PDAF allocations and acceptance of kickbacks from transactions made with Napoles and her NGOs for the PDAF-supported projects, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told a press briefing.
Charged with similar or lesser offenses–malversation, direct bribery and/or other graft and corrupt practices–were 32 other people identified by whistleblowers, all former staff of Napoles who have personal knowledge and documents of the abuse of the PDAF.
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Ellen, no comment, except that the prosecution will lost for two reason, firstly, over confident that will result to poor quality of evidential matters, and secondly, very limited government fund, resulting to incompetent prosecution team as a whole. Sayang lang ang gagastahin ng prosecution team.
Ayon kay Tutaan na dumalo sa budget hearing sa Senado, iisang sundalo lamang naman ang nakuhanan ng larawan na may sirang combat boots gayong marami namang sundalo ang maayos ang suot.
Ipinaliwanag pa nito na may mga sundalong ayaw talagang magsuot ng bagong combat boots dahil hindi sila komportable dito kaya mas pinipili nila ang kanilang mga lumang boots.
Ibinigay na halimbawa nito ang kanyang sarili na mas gugustuhin umanong magsuot ng combat boots na komportable sa kanya kaysa sa magsuot ng brand new na sapatos.
“I myself sinasabi natin when I’m in a combat situation I would wear something comfortable I cannot wear a brand new shoes or a branded shoes on such tapos kapag nagkaputukan hindi ako makagalaw,” sabi ni Tutaan.
http://www.philstar.com/bansa/2013/09/21/1234411/afp-nagpaliwanag-sa-sirang-combat-boots
general tutanipnoy, sir hindi ka pa tuli ganyan na kami noong bago pa lamang ang rebelyon sa sulu. kumikita sa amin noon ang mga shoe shine & repair boys sa mga kanto.
alam mo ba kung ano’ng brand ng combat boots namin noon?
chizmoso.
bakit?
dahil nakanganga na ‘yung sapatos mula halos sa dulo hanggang gitna at ang paa ang nagsisilbing parang dila!
at ‘yan ay dahil sa ang pondo pala para sa aming clothing & shoes allowance ay kinukurakot ng mga heneral na katulad mo at ng mga padrino ninyong pulitiko.
mga tsuwafang!