MANILA, Philippines – The Senate blue ribbon committee rejected a request by Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind in the P10 billion pork barrel scam, for an "executive session" because the subject of the investigation was a "sensitive issue". Asked by Senator Teofisto Guingona, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee, why she was asking for an executive session, Napoles said: "Dahil po a sensitibo ang issue na ito." Guingona then suspended the hearing to confer with the members of the committee. Guingona III, opened the hearing at exactly 10:07 a.m with eight other senators present at the session hall. In his opening statement, Guingona told Napo...
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