Napoles testimony to push through on Thursday, says Guingona
Janet Lim-Napoles: Will she appear on Thursday? INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Detained Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the P10-billion pork barrel scam, is likely to appear at the Senate blue ribbon committee on Thursday, as the committee’s chairman, Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, said the hearing on the alleged scam will push through as scheduled.
“The Senate blue ribbon committee will push through with its November 7 hearing with Ms. Janet Lim-Napoles and the whistle-blowers. The hearing will start at 10:00 a.m,” Guingona III said in a text message sent by a member of his staff.
Guingona issued the statement after Sen. Sergio Osmeña III on Sunday proposed to move the hearing to Nov. 18 since he said many senators are still out of town or out of the country since Congress took a break last week.
It would be the first time for Napoles to appear and testify on the pork scam.
Besides her, principal whistle-blower Benhur Luy and other witnesses have been invited to attend the Senate hearing.
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