Lacson: Napoles bared another lawmaker with bigger 'pork' cut

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Panfilo Lacson, now rehabilitation czar, said that Janet Lim Napoles' camp approached him last month and revealed a long list of lawmakers and others involved in the Priority Development Assistance Funds scam.

In an interview with DWIZ on Wednesday, Lacson said he received Napoles' testimony stored in a thumb drive given to him by the alleged pork barrel scam mastermind's husband, Jimmy, and their children.

Lacson also confirmed that Napoles named Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada and Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., but she also tagged another lawmaker who received a larger kickback than the three.

When asked how many from the House of Representatives and Senate were allegedly mentioned, Lacson said he was not able to count but "there is a quorum."

He also said that there were names that have not been mentioned in media reports and in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings the past months.

Napoles similarly mentioned provisional state witnesses Ruby Tuason and Dennis Cunanan as well as Enrile's former aide Jessica "Gigi" Reyes but did not elaborate on their involvement, Lacson claimed.

Lacson was acknowledged not to have used his allocation in the Priority Development Assistance Fund.

On Tuesday, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said she met with Napoles in her room at the Ospital ng Makati where the suspected brains behind the embezzling of billions in government funds submitted her sworn affidavit after previously denying accusations.

Read: De Lima: Napoles tagged Enrile, Jinggoy and Bong

De Lima said Napoles decided to "tell all" in a bid to become state witness in the plunder cases submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman. - Camille Diola