De Lima wants more time in submitting Napoles list | Inquirer News

De Lima wants more time in submitting Napoles list

/ 04:12 PM May 15, 2014

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Leila De Lima will ask the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to give her a one week extension before she can submit the list and affidavit that Janet Lim Napoles gave her.

“I am going to personally hand over to him [Senator Teofisto Guingona] a letter requesting for a one week extension,” De Lima told reporters Thursday.

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Guingona is the chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

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The Senate issued a subpoena for rehabilitation czar and former senator Panfilo Lacson and De Lima to provide a copy of Napoles’ affidavit.

Lacson has already complied when he submitted a copy of the said list.

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De Lima, on her part, said she was still waiting for Napoles’ complete affidavit.

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De Lima said she will ask the Senate to allow her to submit the initial affidavit and the complete affidavit together on or before the lapse of the one week extension.

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