page_title: Juan Ponce Enrile
section_title: Pork barrel scam
hierarchical_section_title: Juan Ponce Enrile / Controversy / Pork barrel scam
caption_attribution_description: English: Senator Bong Revilla delivering his privilege speech, "Salamat, Kaibigan". The official description is as follows: “PRIVILEGE SPEECH: Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr., hugged Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile and Senator Jinggoy Estrada after delivering a privilege speech during plenary session, Monday afternoon. In his speech, Revilla challenged President Benigno Aquino III “to lead the country towards unity, and not partisanship.” (PRIB Photo by Alex Nuevaespaña/9 June 2014)”
context_page_description: Juan Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., abbreviated JPE, is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was a protégé of President Ferdinand Marcos, and served as Justice Secretary and Defense Minister under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders of the 1986 People Power Revolution that drove Marcos from power and into exile. Enrile has continued to be a prominent politician since then; he was Senate President from November 2008 until his resignation on June 5, 2013.
context_section_description: In September 2013, Enrile was again involved in misappropriated funds, this time with regard to the PDAF or what is commonly called the pork barrel fund. Twenty billion pesos worth of Priority Development Fund was illegally channeled through various bogus NGOs of Janet Napoles which most of it being used by the Senator.
  Enrile, along with fellow senators Bong Revilla, and Jinggoy Estrada, were indicted for plunder and for the violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act before the Sandiganbayan  on June 6, 2014 in connection to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. Alleged mastermind Janet Lim Napoles and Enrile's former chief of staff Gigi Reyes were also charged. Enrile allegedly received ₱172 million in kickbacks from public funds. He was detained on July 3, 2014 and suspended from his Senate post on September 1, 2014 for these charges, after his motions to post bail to lift the suspension order were denied.
caption: Enrile with Senators Jinggoy Estrada (left) and Bong Revilla (center) after Revilla's Privilege Speech at the Senate floor on June 9, 2014
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