Case Dismissed: Napoles Acquitted

Janet Lim Napoles

10/24/2014 – Manila | The final Senate hearing about the Napoles case didn’t go as planned when fifteen senators voted in favor of Napoles case dismissal, Thursday night at the Senate Blue Ribbon committee. The Senators who have been deliberating since 9:00AM did not take lunch and also skipped afternoon recess, felt tired and exhausted and couldn’t come-up a decision until 7:00PM, when Senator Jinggoy Estrada complained that he is too hungry and too weak to continue the hearing.

Estrada, who is one of the accused senators demanded and asked Napoles to feed them so that the whole senate can continue. Only Sen. Antonio Trillanes III missed the hearing as he was in Batangas the whole day digging piggery septic tank for his biogas project at the alleged Binay Farm.

Napoles, who earlier asked the committee if she could take a nap, while the Senators are deliberating suddenly awakens when she heard Sen. Jinggoy Estrada  yelled and voiced-out his frustration, “I’m hungry, give me chicken wings!”. Napoles immediately ordered his associate to go to the nearest Jollibbee store and took all the available chicken wings.

The day-long discussion, debates, and arguments turned into a deafening silence when the associate arrived carrying almost 10 kilos of chicken wings, rice, and beverage. The senators ate everything they could like there was tomorrow and chew everything including bones.

Sen. Bong Revilla Jr. broke the silence and delivered words of wisdom with pride, “You and I can agree that if we are going to put Miss Napoles in jail, no one is going to feed us like this. Let’s acquit her and enjoy our lives with her grace”. The senators looked into each other’s eyes and without hesitation declared Janet Lim Napoles innocent.

The group was celebrating when Sen. Trillanes arrived. After learning that Napoles has been acquitted, Trillanes complained and said he will appeal to the Supreme Court. When asked why he want to do it, he answered angrily “This won’t happen if they left at least 5 chicken wings for me. I went to Batangas for nothing and I’m starving”.

/Procopio Dela Merced/ Assisted Press Manila

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