Palace waiting for word from DOJ on WPP status of Napoles
Malacañang on Tuesday said it would wait for the assessment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the inclusion of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles in the Witness Protection Program (WPP).
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque issued that statement after Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Commissioner Greco Belgica said Napoles was “a willing beneficiary of corruption, but not the mastermind.”
“While the statement of Commissioner Belgica on Ms. Janet Lim-Napoles during his press conference is his personal opinion, we would wait for the assessment of the Department of Justice on Ms. Napoles’ application for the full coverage of the witness protection program,” Roque said.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II had earlier said he would want Napoles to be a state witness after the alleged pork barrel queen said she was now ready to tell all” her knowledge about the P10 billion scam involving the Priority Development Assistance Fund of lawmakers. /atm
