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Former President Benigno Aquino III \u2014EDWIN BACASMAS\/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

Council of Philippine Affairs secretary-general Pastor Boy Saycon on Friday alleged that former President Benigno \u201cNoynoy\u201d Aquino III received up to P90 million in campaign funds from\u00a0Janet Lim-Napoles.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Radyo Inquirer, he said Aquino received the P90 million from Napoles, the accused mastermind of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam, when he ran for the presidency in 2010.<\/p>\n

Saycon\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0turned over to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II evidence of corruption involving what he called \u201cvery high\u201d officials from the \u201cpast administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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READ: Aguirre gets docs on \u2018corrupt\u2019 activities in Pagcor, flawed SOCEs<\/a><\/h4>\n\n

Saycon said that there was nothing wrong with accepting campaign contributions, but he pointed out that Aquino did not declare the funds in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditure (Soce) submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi nila dineclare (Soce)\u2026 that is against the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Saycon said that Aquino and Napoles knew each other long before he ran for President since the latter was an important contributor.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya nga sinundo siya (Napoles) sa Heritage Park, pagkatapos naglunch pa sila sa Malaca\u00f1ang, pagkatapos hinatid pa siya sa Crame ng Presidente… pwede naman \u2018yung guwardiya niya\u2026 bakit siya, personal, di ba?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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READ: WHAT WENT BEFORE: Janet Lim-Napoles and PDAF scam<\/a><\/h4>\n

He added that there are 11 lawmakers who also received campaign contributions from Napoles, based on the documents he gathered from 2010 to 2016.<\/p>\n

Saycon said he had long been in possession of the documents but decided not to give them to Senator Leila de Lima when she was still the justice secretary, because it would just have landed on the tables of Aquino and his party mates, allegedly among the beneficiaries of corruption.<\/p>\n

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, whom Duterte administration allies accuse of being\u00a0a part of a destabilization plot against President Rodrigo Duterte, is among those who received contributions but\u00a0did not declare them in his Soce, Saycon said.<\/p>\n\n

READ: Lacson: Trillanes part of ouster plot vs Duterte<\/a><\/h4>\n\n

Saycon refused to give more details, saying Aguirre already has the documents, and that the justice secretary was studying them. RAM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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