Jun Lazoda Angry at President Aquino for Meeting with Janet Napoles and Not Whistleblowers

Lawyer Atty. Levito Baligot, right, addresses a forum with whistle-blowers Merlina Sunas, center, and Benhur Luy (represented here by his mother Gertrudes Luy) at St. Schoslatica's College, a Catholic school, on the recent pork barrel scandal which centered on a powerful businesswoman who allegedly collaborated with Philippine senators and congressmen in channeling the funds but went into hiding after she was charged with illegal detention of a whistle-blower Friday Aug.23, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The pork barrel scandal prompted President Benigno Aquino III to go on nationwide television and promised to reform a system that allows lawmakers to allocate government funds following an audit that millions of dollars were misused. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada said on Thursday morning that he is upset that Philippines President Benigno Aquino III met with alleged corrupt businesswoman Janet Napoles and not the people who blew the whistle on the corruption scheme.

Lozada, appearing on ABS-CBN, said that he’s “angry that the president met with Napoles and not with whistleblowers of pork scam.”

“I feel for other whistleblowers. What do we tell them? What is the message we are sending?” He said.

Lozada is one of several people who came forward with information about an alleged embezzlement scheme involving Napoles, some elected officials, and some non-governmental organizations.

The scheme allegedly centered on converting 10 billion Philippine pesos from the Priority Development Assistance Fund and the Malampaya Fund into kickbacks for Napoles and her company using dummy foundations and forged signatures, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer. 

Napoles surrendered on August 27 at 9:37 p.m. local time.

Lozada appeared on ABS-CBN on August 28 in the morning, along with attorney Levito Baligod, who is representing the whistleblowers in the case.

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