THE ALLEGED brains behind the multi-billion pork barrel scam, Janet Lim-Napoles, has petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) for her provisional liberty.

Ms. Napoles, through her lawyers Stephen L. David and Romeo P. Villarta III, filed a reply on her earlier filed petition for certiorari on the plunder case involving former senator Juan F. Ponce-Enrile on the Priority Development Assistant Fund scam.

Arguing that the Third Division of the Sandiganbayan committed grave abuse of discretion, Ms. Napoles asked the high court to junk the plunder case against her and Mr. Enrile.

She also claimed the prosecution failed to present strong evidence against her, and asked the SC to reverse the Oct. 16, 2015 and March 2, 2016 decisions of the anti-graft court, junking her motion to post bail.

Ms. Napoles was recently acquitted by the Court of Appeals (CA) on the illegal detention case of her former aide and second cousin Benhur K. Luy. She also noted that the dismissal of the illegal detention case against her has diminished the credibility of Mr. Luy as a witness in the pork barrel cases. — Kristine Joy V. Patag

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