List of implicated parties to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam

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This list seeks to compile the list of individuals and non government organizations (NGOs) implicated to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, otherwise known as the pork barrel scam.

The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund, a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government, mostly on the national level.

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Implicated individuals

List of linked individuals to the PDAF scam
AccusedPolitical PositionPartyClaimed byOther remarks
Florencio Abad Secretary of Budget and Management Liberal Daily Tribune [1]
Panfilo Lacson [2] 		Former congressman. Daily Tribune claims according to its sources that it was Abad that taught Janet Napoles on how to operate the PDAF scam scheme. [1]
Proceso Alcala Secretary of Agriculture Liberal Daily Tribune [1] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Robert Barbers Senator (former, deceased) Lakas Panfilo Lacson [2]
Alan Peter Cayetano Senator Nacionalista Daily Tribune [1] Panfilo Lacson [2] Cayetano has denied involvement and believes that his linking to the scam is a retaliation by Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Jinggoy Estrada whom he has criticized. [3] [4]
Pia Cayetano Senator Nacionalista Daily Tribune [1]
Franklin Drilon Senator Liberal Daily Tribune, [1] Sandra Cam [5]
Erwin Chiongbian House Representative Lakas Inquirer [6] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Samuel Dangwa House Representative Lakas Inquirer [6] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Juan Ponce Enrile Senator PMP Inquirer, [6] Daily Tribune, [1] Janet Lim Napoles [7] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Francis Escudero Senator Independent Daily Tribune, Panfilo Lacson [2]
Jinggoy Estrada Senator PMP Inquirer, [6] Daily Tribune, [1] Janet Lim Napoles [7] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Robert Raymund Estrella House Representative Abono Inquirer [6] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Conrado Estrella III House Representative NPC Inquirer [6] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Gregorio Honasan Senator Independent Inquirer [2] [6]
Lito Lapid Senator Independent Daily Tribune [1]
Loren Legarda Senator NPC Daily Tribune [1] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Senator/House Representative Nacionalista Inquirer [6]
Janet Lim Napoles N/A Independent Businesswoman, Dubbed by the media as the mastermind of the PDAF scam.
Koko Pimentel Senator PDP-Laban Panfilo Lacson [2]
Rodolfo Plaza House Representative NPC Inquirer [6] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Matt Ranillo III N/A N/A Behur Luy, Ruby Tuason [8] [9] Former actor. According to Tuason and Luy, Ranillo delivered over ₱11 million pesos of pork barrel kickbacks to Justa Tantoco, friend of Jinggoy Estrada's family. [8] [9]
Mikey Arroyo House Representatives Lakas Inquirer,NapolistFormer actor and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's son.
Bong Revilla Senator Lakas Inquirer, [6] Daily Tribune, [1] Janet Lim Napoles [7] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Miriam Defensor Santiago Senator PRP Daily Tribune [1] Santiago expects to be implicated in the scam and believes that Juan Ponce Enrile will be behind to her implication. [10]
Tito Sotto Senator NPC Daily Tribune [1] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Rizalina Seachon-Lanete House Representative NPC Inquirer [6] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Justa Tantoco N/A N/A Behur Luy, Ruby Tuason [8] [9] Family friend of Estrada. According to Tuason and Luy, former actor, Matt Ranillo delivered over ₱11 million pesos of pork barrel kickbacks to Justa Tantoco. [8] [9]
Edgar L. Valdez House Representative APEC Inquirer [6] Panfilo Lacson [2]
Manuel Villar Senator Nacionalista Daily Tribune [1] Panfilo Lacson [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Abad named 'Pork king' on list". Daily Tribune. April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Lacson's copy of 'Napoles list' revealed". Philippine Star. May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ Macaraig, Ayee (April 25, 2014). "Cayetano: Napoles 'list' retaliation for Binay criticism". Rappler . Rappler. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.rappler.com/nation/56391-cayetano-napoles-tribune-napoles-list-retaliation-binay
  5. ↑ DZMM (May 16, 2014). "28 Sen. Drilon, kasama sa Napoles list ni Sandra Cam" . Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Carvajal, Nancy C. (July 15, 2013). "28 solons linked to scam". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Maglungsod, Brian (May 5, 2014). "80% of names on Sandra Cam's pork list are Aquino allies". InterAksyon. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 http://www.manilatimes.net/senate-summons-matt-ranillo-others-linked-to-pork-scam/75497/
  9. 1 2 3 4 http://philnews.ph/2014/02/12/mat-ranillo-iii-linked-by-ruby-tuason-to-pork-barrel-controversy/
  10. ↑ http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/25/14/miriam-expects-be-linked-pork-barrel-scam
  11. ↑ nnews.com/focus/11/06/13/fast-facts-janet-lim-napoles
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/477063/coa-presents-8-dubious-ngos-linked-to-napoles
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