The Napoles Lists

 

Bringing out the lists
Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Senator TG Guingona said, "I think it's time already. In the spirit of transparency, the list should be brought out—and it's not only the list in the hands of Secretary De Lima, but also the list of former Senator Lacson, so there's point of comparison if you want."
De Lima, who had previously said that they were still validating the names listed by Napoles, said that she would comply with the Blue Ribbon Committee's mandate.
Lacson, for his part, said he is ready to hand over the Napoles list to the Senate. However, he warned that "the Senate may collapse if the list is made public." Lacson had revealed earlier that there were 16 senators named in the list that's in his possession.
Meanwhile, Senate President Franklin Drilon claims he is confident that the so-called Napoles list won't damage the Senate. He pointed out, "Politicians come and go but the institution stays. I am sure once this process is finished, once the guilty are punished and the innocents are cleared, the institution will remain stronger than what it was before."
Miriam bets on Benhur Luy's list
Amid the debacle about the Napoles lists, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago said the Senate should receive whistleblower Benhur Luy’s list to settle the conflicting claims of Napoles, Lacson, and Whistleblowers Association of the Philippines president Sandra Cam.
Santiago says that she believes Luy's list is more “definitive and substantiated” compared to the “spurious documents that are inadmissible in evidence” claimed by three.
Santiago then referred to a Philippine Daily Inquirer report, which claimed that Luy has back-up files of the names with links to Napoles.
The Inquirer, citing Luy's copy of the Napoles list, "discovered that close to 200 people, including lawmakers, department heads, a former Supreme Court justice, popular media personalities, heads of government-owned and -controlled corporations, government employees of various agencies, local government officials, lawyers, military officials, show-biz personalities, employees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and private individuals received money from Napoles."
Luy supposedly copied the file from a laptop of Napoles.
Santiago, in a letter to Sen. Guingona, said: “It appears to me, as a former RTC judge, that each person claiming to have a list might be acting in concert as attack dogs, for one or all three senators indicted for plunder.”