Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II encouraged Ronnie Dayan to tell the truth on what he knows about alleged drug transactions inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).
Dayan, former driver and boyfriend of Senator Leila de Lima, was arrested by the police Tuesday morning in La Union. High profile inmates testified before a congressional inquiry that Dayan was De Lima’s bagman. He allegedly collected millions from the inmates to fund De Lima’s election campaign.
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“It is a chance for Mr. Dayan to clear his name so we encourage him to tell the whole truth of what he knows,” Aguirre said, adding that they are considering admitting him to the government’s Witness Protection Program (WPP).
He said Dayan is also the key to tie up loose ends in the Bilibid drug transactions, complaints of which have been filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ).
“His capture will tie up the loose ends and supply the missing links in the cases before the DOJ,” Aguirre said.
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Dayan is one of the respondents in the three complaints pending before the DOJ. A preliminary investigation is set on Dec. 2. IDL/rga