AT least 97 local chief executives who supposedly benefited from the Malampaya gas fund scam were spared from criminal charges by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima in exchange for their support for her senatorial bid in the 2016 elections, according to an unsigned affidavit made by Janet Lim-Napoles.
Napoles, in her 30-page affidavit submitted by former senator Panfilo Lacson to the Senate, claimed that lawyer Levito Baligod, who used to represent Benhur Luy, talked to the 97 mayors implicated in the Malampaya fund scam and told them that they will be excluded from the charges if they will support the Senate dream of de Lima.
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