THE Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Tuesday rejected the request of Janet Lim-Napoles to postpone her scheduled appearance before the panel on Thursday, November 7.

Napoles, the alleged architect of the pork barrel scam, asked Senate President Franklin Drilon and Senator Teofisto Guingona 3rd, chairman of the committee, to be given time to hire a new lawyer to assist her during the panel hearing.

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