Dayan placed under Senate custody after being cited in contempt

Ronnie Dayan, driver and alleged bagman of Senator Leila de Lima. INQUIRER PHOTO / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

Senator Leila de Lima’s former aide and partner, Ronnie Dayan, has been placed under the Senate custody after he was cited in contempt supposedly for telling lies.

Senator Panfilo Lacson, chairman of the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, said Dayan has been cited in contempt on Senator Manny Pacquiao’s motion.

READ: Pacquiao wants Dayan cited in contempt over his ‘many lies’

But Lacson said his committee, the lead panel investigating the death of slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., has yet to meet with the other members of the committee on justice chaired by Senator Richard Gordon, to decide on the amended motion to have Dayan detained at the New Bilibid Prison.

“Regarding the status of Ronnie Dayan, in the meantime that he is being held, that he is being cited in contempt, or has been cited in contempt of this committee, you will stay muna dito sa Senate premises and we will resolve it,” Lacson said.

“I’ll meet with the members of the two committees to decide or pursue na ilipat ka namin sa Buildng 14 ng Muntinlupa. Kaya nga, in the meantime na hindi pa namin na pa-finalize ‘yung place of detention mo, you will stay here muna sa Senate premises. And the Senate security will take care of you. You will be placed under the custody of the Senate premises,” he added.

It was Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, who amended Pacquiao’s motion and proposed that Dayan be detained at the national penitentiary. JE/rga

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