There鈥檚 no evidence against me鈥揓inggoy Estrada

By: Norman Bordadora - 11 years ago

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada: No evidence. 黑料社 FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines鈥擳here is no evidence that he received millions of pesos in kickbacks from Janet Lim-Napoles, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said in a 26-page motion for reconsideration he submitted to the Ombudsman.

Estrada submitted his motion almost a week after the Ombudsman announced that it found probable cause to charge him, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. with plunder in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam.

鈥淭here is nothing on record which established that Senator Estrada received kickbacks of 鈥榓round 50 percent of the PDAF amount involved.鈥� Benhur Luy and other witnesses never claimed to have personally handled and/or witnessed the delivery of 鈥榓round 50 percent of the PDAF amount involved鈥� to Senator Estrada,鈥� the document read.

The motion said that Luy鈥檚 ledger didn鈥檛 indicate that money was delivered to Estrada. It added that the purported ledger will not even support the alleged scheme or modus of giving 50-percent kickbacks to legislators.

Estrada, in his motion, maintained that the evidence on record fails to establish probable cause to indict him for plunder and for violation of the Anti-Graft Law.