Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged “pork barrel queen,” has asked the Supreme Court that she be allowed temporary liberty while standing trial for plunder before the Sandiganbayan. ADVERTISEMENT“It appears that the People of the Philippines in their Comment had chosen to merely echo the findings of the Third Division of the Sandiganbayan,” Napoles through her lawyer Stephen David said. “Even the testimonies of the whistleblowers themselves failed to prove the alleged conspiracy between petitioner, Senator Enrile and Atty. In fact, none of the witnesses testified that they were privy to or have personal knowledge about the supposed agreement which petitioner, Senator Enrile and Atty. Napoles is insisting on her right to post bail after her co-accused, former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, was allowed to post bail.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 11, 2017 10:41 UTC