Philippines’ de Lima Arrest may Signal Wreckage of Pork Barrel Case

There is rising concern in Manila that President Rodrigo Duterte is about to wreck the prosecution of one of the biggest scandals in the history of the Philippines, a country replete with huge scandals.

On Feb. 15, the country’s solicitor general, Jose Calida, in effect nullified a guilty verdict by a local court in a case against Janet Lim Napoles, the …