So far so good

NOT that we give credence to all the revelations in the lists bared through media but as of today, Pangasinenses heave a sigh of relief because not one of the elected representatives in the province in the past have been “implicated” to have transacted their kickbacks with any of the Napoles foundations.  (Rep. Conrado Estrella III was listed as partylist representative).

Yes, so far so good for our kabaleyans who voted our congresswomen/men into office. They did not vote for them in vain.

But the story doesn’t end there. There is still the claim that kickbacks were allegedly received by some mayors in Pangasinan for acknowledging receipt of non-existent equipment, etc. from the JLN foundations. They have been named earlier and claims of forgeries were cited.

For now, looking at the national zarzuela on the PDAF scam now being played before us, i.e., the finger-pointing and expected denials, etc., one really wonders where all these will lead us to.  So far, the public has been fully entertained and enthralled by The 2 Napolists.  Interestingly, Napoles, as the source, has not at any time admitted to have initiated the scam.  Even the question of whether Napoles should be charged or be entered as a state witness remains unsettled.

So hold on your horses. We won’t be surprised if the twists and turns we are witnessing in the PDAF scam telenovela may just all come to naught. Nobody has seen any damning evidence against them except those that the Commission on Audit has categorically claimed to have. So far, COA has not uttered a word to confirm or reject imputations in the Napolists.

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Which list matters?

FROM three to 25 senators.  That’s the latest score from whistleblower Benhur Luy on the P10-billion pork barrel fund scam that rocked the nation last year.  The sheer number of lawmakers in Luy’s list that also included many congressmen who are allegedly involved in pocketing people’s money in purportedly sham contracts masterminded by Janet Napoles has practically decimated the ranks of do-gooders from both chambers.  And Luy’s recent expose does not include other politicians and cabinet officials in the so-called “Napolist” now under custody of former Senator Ping Lacson that he had bared last week.  And what about Napoles’s own list now being withheld by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima?  Seemingly now, with so many lists containing culprits coming out, the central issue of ferreting out the real perpetrators of the scandal of the century is being muddled, blurred.

Will somebody please tell us which list is the only admissible piece of document for deliberation in the Senate Blue Ribbon committee?

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