Luy, 5 witnesses back in Senate
MANILA, Philippines— Principal whistle-blower Benhur Luy returned to the Senate on Thursday along with five other witnesses in the P10 billion “pork barrel” funds scam.
Aside from Luy, the five whistle-blowers who were presented by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to the Senate blue ribbon committee were Gertudes Luy, Marina Sula, Merlina Suñas, Arlene Baltazar and Monette Briones.
De Lima said the whistle-blowers were “willing though with great hesitance” to appear before the hearing.
Two or three of the whistle-blowers, she said, would appear for the first time in public.
And just like when Luy first testified in the Senate last September 12, De Lima requested the committee to allow the whistle-blowers not to name those who have not been charged yet in court.
De Lima was forced to produce the whistle -blowers after getting a dressing down from the committee chairman, Senator Teofisto Guingona during the last hearing Tuesday.
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