MANILA: Perjury charges await alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles as Senate leaders want her punished for “outright lying” during her appearance before the chamber’s Blue Ribbon committee last Thursday.
“Clearly she was lying and she was guilty. It is becoming very regular and ordinary for people to lie before the courts or Congress, so I think the committee should consider not only citing them in contempt but also charging them with perjury in order to restore the respect in the courts and quasi-judicial bodies like the Senate,” Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano told reporters yesterday. A perjury case can land Napoles in jail for several years if convicted. Napoles denied every accusation thrown at her or kept her silence by invoking her right against self-incrimination at the Blue Ribbon committee hearing on the pork barrel scam last Thursday. The Philippine star
