MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) junked on Tuesday the motions for reconsideration (MR) filed by Atty. Lucila "Gigi" Reyes, the former chief of staff of Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile; alleged "pork barrel" scam architect Janet Lim Napoles; and Napoles' children that challenged the finding of probable cause against them for plunder and graft charges involving the alleged misuse of Enrile's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

For "lack of merit," the high court junked their respective MRs "with finality," affirming its earlier ruling, dated March 15, 2016, dismissing their petitions.

Reyes, Napoles, Napoles' children Jo Christine and James Christopher, along with Napoles' driver, John Raymund De Asis, were all charged by the Office of the Ombudsman before the Sandiganbayan for allegedly being co-conspirators in the "illegal utilization and pillaging of public funds sourced from the PDAF of [Sen. Enrile] for the years 2004 to 2010, in the total amount of P172,834,500.00."

Reyes and Napoles remain detained on the charges while Enrile's plea for bail was granted by the high court for humanitarian reasons.

In her 82-page petition, Reyes had sought the nullification of the Ombudsman ruling that found probable cause to indict her and the recent order by the anti-graft office that junked her motion for reconsideration.

Reyes claimed that she was not furnished a copy of the sworn statements of immune witness Ruby Tuason which served as principal basis in the order to indict her.

Tuason had claimed that Reyes was instrumental in the siphoning of millions of the PDAF of her boss, and personally received kickbacks from Tuason.