Is this a case of “Love conquers all” or “Love in the time of moral cholera”? Whatever it is, Jinggoy got this one right.
READ: Jinggoy says Gigi Reyes won’t testify against JPE
“Atty. Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes—the former chief of staff of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile—blames Jose Antonio V. Evangelista, her former deputy for the alleged PHP10-billion pork barrel quagmire,” reports Gil C. Cabacungan in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
After being away from eight months, Reyes came home to the country on Black Saturday, April 19, to face the music.
The report said that “the Ombudsman has determined that there is sufficient evidence to charge in the Sandiganbayan Reyes—along with Enrile, Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr., Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) schemes, and five others—with plunder in connection with the diversion of state funds to ghost projects and kickbacks between 2007 and 2009.”
However, in an 83-page affidavit, Reyes declared, “As COS of JPE, I had no participation or involvement, nor the legal capacity or authority to approve the selection or identification of the projects and beneficiaries. I had no participation in the project proposal review, release of funds, project implementation accounting and liquidation and reporting requirements. These were done by DCOS (deputy chief of staff) Jose Antonio V. Evangelista.”
The report said the Inquirer team attempted but failed to get a comment from Evangelista.
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