Senator Leila de Lima said her former driver Ronnie Dayan has been in hiding not only because he fears for his life but because he was probably afraid that he would be forced to admit the alleged existence of the so-called sex video.
President Rodrigo Duterte himself had claimed that De Lima had an affair with Dayan, whom he also accused of collecting drug money for her at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). The senator has repeatedly denied any involvement in illegal drugs.
De Lima said she has “zero” communication with Dayan although she said the latter’s child had texted her once or twice.
But the last time they talked, she said Dayan had told her that he had been receiving information that the police would raid his house, arrest him and force him to testify against her.
And worse, she said, Dayan also feared that he would be killed.
“Kaya hindi ho natin s’ya masisisi kung hanggang ngayon ay ayaw nyang magpakita (That’s why I don’t think we can blame if he does not want to show up),” De Lima said at a regular forum in the Senate on Thursday.
Another reason why she said Dayan has been hiding was for fear that when he surfaced and agreed to testify at the House of Representatives, he would be forced to admit that he was the man in the alleged sex video.
The House justice committee has ordered Dayan’s arrest for repeatedly snubbing its inquiry into the alleged proliferation of illegal drugs when De Lima was the justice secretary.
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