Sen. Bong Revilla @ PDAF Scam

by: Psychic August

PDAF Charges and Political Career

Being the 1st of the 3 senators to be denied bail by the Sandiganbayan, Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. will face a dark period in his life during the next several years of his life.  While still being able to function as a senator even while in detention, Senator Revilla will not be that active as a senator just before 2016, unlike his co accussed and friend, Senator Jinggoy Estrada.

As I have indicated in my earlier predictions for the 2016 Presidential Elections, Sen. Revilla, Jr. will run for president in 2016, even if he is detained in Camp Crame.  But he will lose.  What will follow for him after that is several years in quiet detainment while being visited by family, kin, friends, and supporters.  This will be interspersed with frequent visits to various hospitals, the only times he will be able to leave briefly his detainment, as his team of lawyers continue to battle legally for his freedom.

It will be a few years after the year 2022, when a legal technicality raised on his behalf by political allies, that Bong Revilla Jr. will emerge from his detainment.  He will not anymore pursue politics at this time, leaving it to the younger Revillas.  He will, instead, revive his showbiz career.

The Family

His wife, Congresswoman Lani Mercado, will have her political career severely affected by her husband's being accussed in the Php10 billion pesos pork barrel scam and subsequent detainment.  She will not be able to regain her position as congresswoman of her district in Cavite, nor will she be able to hold any other government positions hereafter.

Facing this impasse due to waning popularity and public mistrust, she will leave it to the younger generation of Revilla's to continue the family's political pursuits.  Thus, through these younger generation of Revilla's, the family will still be a strong political force in the future.


Reading Date: December 5, 2016
Photos: Interaksyon, Manila Bulletin

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Napoles, Enrile, Estrada, Revilla @ PDAF Scam

by: Psychic August

Ultimately, the four accused in the Php 10-billion Pork Barrel Scam - business woman Janet Lim Napoles and the three senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, and  Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr., will ALL be denied bail by the Sandiganbayan.

Janet Lim - Napoles

Being denied bail, Janet Lim-Napoles' fate is also sealed. While her lawyers continue to battle the Sandiganbayan on her behalf, Napoles will be found guilty in the later part of 2015, and will spend the rest of her life serving out her sentence. 

Before the court's verdict is delivered, Napoles will continously be going in-out of the hospital, which is a well known tactic used by those accussed in high profile cases to buy them more time, acting out injuries or illnesses under full media coverage.

The two eldest children of Jenny, namely Jo Christine and James Christopher, who are accused of involvement in the misuse of the Php900 million worth Malampaya fund meant to help victims of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, will finally be arrested some time mid next year, and will face trial before the Sandiganbayan for their alleged involvement in said misuse.

Even Jeane Napoles, youngest of the Napoles children who has gained notoriety for alleged lavish lifestyle funded by her mother, will not be spared.  Various charges, including tax evasion, will be filed against her within the next two years.

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile

Even if eventually not being granted bail, because of his advanced age, former Senate President Enrile can be seen as not really having any criminal liability (persons 75 years of age and older considered as not liable to any criminal liability).

This period of time can be regarded as a semi-retirement for him, although now he can already still perform his work as a senator as the 90-day preventive suspension against him has been lifted.

Nonetheless, he will spend what is left of his life under hospital arrest, fighting in the courts of the Sandiganbayan to prove his innocence.

Senator Jinggoy Estrada

After eventually being denied bail, Senator Estrada will still be very much active in the senate now that the 90-day suspension order upon him has been lifted.  He will still fight it out with his team of lawyers before the Sandiganbayan. He will seek re-election as senator but will lose.

During the years of his detainment in the special bungalow made for him in Camp Crame, he will often be going out to hospitals for treatment of various ailments, but will be more or less physically capable to perform his duties as a senator during this time.

Some time midway through the term of the next president, some technicality of the law will be discovered by political allies and used on his behalf.  As as a result, Jinggoy Estrada will be a free man here onwards to pursue his political goals.

Reading Date; December 5, 2014

Photo: Various Sources

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Pork Barrel Scam List

by: Psychic August

More lawmakers from the lower and upper houses of Philippine Congress have been listed by Janet Lim-Napoles as possible accused.  However, it is not until into 2016 when actual charges will be filed for a new batch of lawmakers involved in the PDAF scam.

Reading Date: December 5, 2014

Phoro: Philstar