Napoles runs to high court, wants ‘pork’ raps junked

JANET Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the pork barrel scam, has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the graft and malversation charges filed against her and former Davao del Sur Rep. and now Governor Douglas Cagas and several others in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam, claiming the witnesses had peddled hearsay.

In a petition for review filed before the high tribunal, the defense challenged the Office of the Ombudsman’s issuance of a consolidated resolution that found basis to file the charges, and of the consolidated order that denied Napoles’ motion for reconsideration.