INQUIRER.net poll: Gov’t should not accept Napoles as state witness

By: Julliane Love De Jesus - 11 years ago

MANILA, Philippines—After Justice Secretary Leila de Lima met with the alleged pork barrel scam queen in a five-hour “tell-all” meeting at Ospital ng Makati, many have speculated if Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind in the ‘pork barrel’ scam will be made state witness by the government.

Many of this website’s readers, however, are not in favor of accepting Napoles as state witness in the P10-billion scandal which has rocked the various branches of the government.

In a poll question by INQUIRER.net “Do you think the Department of Justice (DOJ) should accept Janet Lim-Napoles as a state witness?” majority of the respondents answered “No.”

Of the 4,749 votes gathered by Friday afternoon, 81.03 percent or 3,849 of the readers do not think that the government should make Napoles as state witness. Only 901 INQUIRER.net readers, or 18.97 percent, think otherwise.

In a previous INQUIRER.net report, De Lima said she did not give any commitment to take Napoles as state witness amid the latter’s willingness to tell all in the scam.