00:00Good evening Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:05The most innocent in the plunder of Sandigan Bayan, former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile,
00:11and his former Chief of Staff, Gigi Reyes, and Janet Napoles.
00:16This is the result of the pork barrel scam, or money laundering in pecking NGOs to get a kickback.
00:23Despite the success of the plunder, there are still three cases that need to be solved.
00:28Maki Pulido has the story.
00:33Ten years after the pork barrel scam broke out,
00:36the PDAF, or Priority Development Assistance Fund,
00:41was used by young people in Janet Napoles' pecking NGO to get a kickback.
00:45The former Senator and now Presidential Legal Counsel, Juan Ponce Enrile, were acquitted in the plunder case.
00:52This is just one of the cases of the scam.
00:54His former Chief of Staff, Gigi Reyes, and Janet Napoles were also acquitted in the plunder case.
01:00According to Sandigan Bayan, it was not proven beyond reasonable doubt
01:04that Enrile and Reyes received a kickback and a commission for the scam,
01:08which according to the allegation amounted to P172 million pesos.
01:12No witnesses said that they received or transferred money to Enrile.
01:18There is also no sufficient evidence in the required criminal cases
01:22to say that there is no doubt that Reyes received more than P46 million pesos as a kickback.
01:30According to the court, even though the pecking NGO, Napoles, has a solid foundation,
01:35the prosecution's evidence is not enough to prove that Napoles gave a kickback or commission to Enrile or Reyes.
01:44According to the court, the documents showed that the beneficiaries received a kickback from PDAF.
01:51Based on the evidence, the prosecution did not prove the plunder case.
01:55According to the law, it should amount to P50 million ill-gotten wealth to say that it was a plunder.
02:01Although according to the lack of evidence in the plunder case,
02:05Sandigan Bayan presiding justice Amparo Cabotaje Tang said that in his dissenting opinion,
02:10Reyes should also be charged with five counts of bribery and Napoles with five counts of corruption of public officials.
02:17After the special court dismissed the ruling, Napoles approached Enrile and shook his hand.
02:23Reyes handed over to Enrile's lawyer, Atty. Estelito Mendoza.
02:28I thank your magistrates for rendering justice to all of us.
02:37I knew all along that I will be acquitted because I have not done anything.
02:42We have not done anything in this case.
02:45And I hope that the people who filed those cases against us will examine their conscience.
02:53Reyes did not give a statement.
02:55We are vindicated. It was a long road.
03:00JB is acquitted, including Jessica Reyes.
03:06Napoles also thanked those who supported him.
03:09God is good. Thank you. Thank you.
03:12To all those who prayed, thank you very much.
03:14Were you surprised?
03:18Of course.
03:21Despite the plunder, there are still cases of 15 counts of grafts against Enrile, Reyes, and Napoles,
03:28as well as other cases against Napoles.
03:32And based on the GMA Integrated News Research,
03:35there is a first conviction or a guilty verdict against Napoles for the plunder and the case of malversation of public funds.
03:42It is also related to the defamation of other judges in his pecking NGO.
03:47For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, Katuto, 24 Hours.
04:01For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, Katuto, 24 Hours.
