Makati City, Philippines – The lawyer of suspected pork barrel queen Janet Lim-Napoles announced that her client has agreed to a plea bargain in the criminal case filed against her by accepting a penalty of “community service,” in order to avoid jail time.
Along with top congressional leaders, Napoles was charged with plunder in a 10-billion peso pork barrel scam in which taxpayer funds were funneled into bogus non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and into the personal accounts of Napoles and top legislators and government officials.
Attorney Lorna Kapunan told The Adobo Chronicles that Napoles has agreed to perform community service for life instead of rotting in jail for her crime.
Asked about what kind of community service would be involved, Kapunan said that her client will serve as a housemaid for Dominga Cadelina, Napoles’ former househelp who was jailed last February for alleged qualified theft filed against her by Napoles.

Cadelina was recently ordered released from jail by the Makati City Regional Trial Court for lack of merit on the theft case filed against her.
This unprecedented plea bargain is the first known such case in which, in Kapunan’s words, “the master and servant roles are totally reversed.



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