Justice Secretary Leila de Lima (right) and principal whistle-blower Benhur Luy INQUIRER.NET File Photo
MANILA, Philippines —The Senate blue ribbon committee on Thursday resumed its investigation into the P10-billion “pork barrel” scam with Justice Secretary Leila de Lima expected to present the whistle-blowers.
De Lima was subpoenaed by the Senate to produce Benhur Luy and other whistle-blowers after she failed to bring them during the hearing Tuesday.
That hearing was abruptly suspended after its chairman, Senator Teofisto Guingona III, gave De Lima a dressing down for failing to bring the witnesses.
Guingona then issued the subpoena to compel their attendance at the hearing this Thursday.
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