A Department of Budget and Management (DBM) official on Thursday testified that former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile issued request letters for the release of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to groups allegedly linked to businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles.
Marissa Santos, chief administrative officer of the DBM Records Division, faced the Sandiganbayan antigraft court in the trial of 15 counts of graft charges against Enrile, now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, and his former chief-of-staff Jessica “Gigi” Reyes, among others, over the PDAF use.
Included in the documents attached to Santos’ judicial affidavit which she adopted as direct testimony is the original copy of Enrile’s letter dated September 17, 2008 requesting then Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya, Jr. to release his PDAF to implementing agencies that the prosecution linked to Napoles, also an accused in the graft cases.
Raypon then offered stipulation or to reach an agreement with the defense that Santos received subpoena from the Ombudsman for the submission of authentic copies of SAROs, NCAs, request letters and other documents pertinent to Enrile's PDAF.
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