What they’re saying is that the list is useless.
“As three members of President Aquino’s Cabinet figure on Janet Lim Napoles’ alleged list of pork barrel scam beneficiaries, Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda says the list is merely ‘a scrap of paper’ and urges the public to wait for proof against those whose names are on the list,” reports ABS-CBN News correspondent RG Cruz on ABS-CBNnews.com.
The report noted: “The list, which appears in Napoles’ unsigned affidavit, tags Budget Secretary Butch Abad, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva—all former congressmen.”
Lacierda was quoted as saying, “But how does one answer allegations in an affidavit which is unsigned, which has not been sworn to? We have not yet even seen the affidavit signed, the signed affidavit. All that is flowing out right now are several versions of the list. Yesterday, media was putting out snippets of an affidavit which used to be unsigned. But accusations are not proof. We have seen in the criminal process, he who alleges—and all know this—he who alleges must prove the same. Who is proving what? Napoles has not yet signed whatever affidavit there was.”
Screengrab of photo from Atty. Edwin Lacierda’s Twitter page
