An affidavit is a written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law. Such statement is witnessed as to the authenticity of the affiant’s signature by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public or commissioner of oaths. The name is Medieval Latin for he/she has declared upon oath. An affidavit is a type of verified statement or showing, or in other words, it contains verification, meaning it is under oath or penalty of perjury, and this serves as evidence to its veracity and is required for court proceedings. Much has been said about lists in the so-called PDAF scam but much should be said about the Napoles main and supplemental affidavit.

It was supposedly executed aided by counsel and yet what kind of a lawyer signs both affidavits that do not tell you the whole story but present bits and pieces of the so-called truth according to Napoles. The first affidavit is in English dated 12 May 2014 while the second is in Tagalog dated 26 May 2014. You think doing Tagalog will clear things? No, it didn’t help. In fact there were names with too generalized entries that does not tell you much.

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