By Dane Angelo M. Enerio
JUSTICE Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra on Thursday said alleged pork barrel-scam mastermind Janet L. Napoles’s provisional coverage under the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Witness Protection Program (WPP) will end “around May 26,” three months after she was accepted into the program on Feb. 27 by Mr. Guevarra’s predecessor, Vitaliano N. Aguirre II.
“She will lose her security protection for witness duty, which was the only thing granted her under her provisional coverage,” Mr. Guevarra said.
He also told reporters: “After that, we will re-evaluate whether her admission in the WPP should be extended or terminated.”
When asked if Ms. Napoles has applied for an extension, Mr. Guevarra said “no she has not.”
Ms. Napoles, who surrendered to former president Benigno S.C. Aquino III in 2013 over graft and plunder charges for the alleged misappropriation of government funds amounting to P10 billion, was placed under provision admission of the WPP after she submitted an affidavit, the contents of which the DoJ classified as confidential.
The Sandiganbayan in a resolution on April 5 denied for lack of merit Ms. Napoles’s motion to be transferred to the custody of the DoJ’s WPP.
She is currently under the custody of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) after her request to be transferred to a housing facility maintained under the WPP was denied by the anti-graft court.

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