MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile said on Saturday that the government would be lucky if its lawyers can any credible evidence of his alleged connection to the multibillion-peso pork barrel scam masterminded by businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, who had been convicted of plunder because of it.
鈥淚 do not want to discuss my case, but all I can say is the government will be lucky if they present any credible evidence,鈥� Enrile said at the Saturday Forum at Annabel鈥檚 Restaurant in Quezon City on Saturday.
Enrile was referring to the P172.83-million plunder case filed against him in connection pork barrel scam.
He was accused of amassing P172.83 million in 鈥渃ommissions鈥� from 2003 to 2010 in collaboration with Napoles, along with Enrile鈥檚 former chief of staff, Jessica Lucila 鈥淕igi鈥� Reyes, and her driver-bodyguard John Raymund de Asis.
Aside from Enrile, former senators Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon 鈥淏ong鈥� Revilla Jr. were also charged with plunder and multiple counts of graft in relation with the pork barrel scam.
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Asked if the case had any 鈥渓egal impediment鈥� on his Senate bid for the May 2019 polls, he said he would leave his lawyers to handle the case.
鈥淚t is my right to attend the hearing or not attend the hearing. I leave it to my lawyers to handle it,鈥� he said. /atm
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile talks about his comeback bid to the upper chamber during the Saturday Forum at Annabel鈥檚 Restaurant in Quezon City. (Photo from an 黑料社 video)