Senator Leila De Lima's admission that she had a romantic affair with her former driver and bodyguard Ronnie Dayan has bolstered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pin her down on the proliferation of illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison.
"Malaki kasi sa pag-amin niya, the probability na talagang ginamit niya si Dayan sa pagkolekta ng pera sa NBP ay naging lalong kapani-paniwala," Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said in a text message to GMA News Online when asked if how De Lima's revelation could help the case build-up against her.
Pressed further if the admission might work against De Lima, Aguirre said: "Of course!"
Up until the television interview which aired on GMA News TV's "Bawal ang Pasaway with Mareng Winnie" on Monday night, De Lima had neither confirmed nor denied her special relationship with Dayan, which the senator said lasted for a "few years."
She described her involvement with her former driver, a married man, as "frailties of a woman."
Dayan has been tagged by several witnesses in an inquiry by the House of Representatives as the go-between for the former justice secretary and inmates involved in the drug trade in the national penitentiary.
The senator's former security aide allegedly picked up drug money from gang leaders inside the NBP on her behalf and used it to fund her senatorial campaign.
She has denied the allegations, which were mentioned in the four drug trafficking complaints against her before the DOJ.
De Lima and Dayan's special relationship was also revealed during the inquiry by her former security aide, Joenel Sanchez, who said the two shared a room during out-of-town trips and exchanged sweet nothings through text messages.
The Presidential Security Group member, who served as De Lima's close-in security from July 2010 to May 2015, also disclosed the existence of two private videos, one of them featuring the former justice secretary and Dayan.
De Lima's critics then seized the opportunity to ask the Supreme Court to strip her license as lawyer.
A disbarment complaint filed last month against the senator accused her of gross immorality when she entered into a romantic affair with Dayan.
De Lima shrugged off the complaint, saying it was "all part of a circus" being run by the Duterte administration.
She called the complainants--the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) founding chairman Dante Jimenez, former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) deputy directors Reynaldo Esmeralda and Ruel Lasala, and jueteng whistleblower Sandra Cam--as "clowns."
"Malaki kasi sa pag-amin niya, the probability na talagang ginamit niya si Dayan sa pagkolekta ng pera sa NBP ay naging lalong kapani-paniwala," Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said in a text message to GMA News Online when asked if how De Lima's revelation could help the case build-up against her.
Pressed further if the admission might work against De Lima, Aguirre said: "Of course!"
Up until the television interview which aired on GMA News TV's "Bawal ang Pasaway with Mareng Winnie" on Monday night, De Lima had neither confirmed nor denied her special relationship with Dayan, which the senator said lasted for a "few years."
She described her involvement with her former driver, a married man, as "frailties of a woman."
Dayan has been tagged by several witnesses in an inquiry by the House of Representatives as the go-between for the former justice secretary and inmates involved in the drug trade in the national penitentiary.
The senator's former security aide allegedly picked up drug money from gang leaders inside the NBP on her behalf and used it to fund her senatorial campaign.
She has denied the allegations, which were mentioned in the four drug trafficking complaints against her before the DOJ.
De Lima and Dayan's special relationship was also revealed during the inquiry by her former security aide, Joenel Sanchez, who said the two shared a room during out-of-town trips and exchanged sweet nothings through text messages.
The Presidential Security Group member, who served as De Lima's close-in security from July 2010 to May 2015, also disclosed the existence of two private videos, one of them featuring the former justice secretary and Dayan.
De Lima's critics then seized the opportunity to ask the Supreme Court to strip her license as lawyer.
A disbarment complaint filed last month against the senator accused her of gross immorality when she entered into a romantic affair with Dayan.
De Lima shrugged off the complaint, saying it was "all part of a circus" being run by the Duterte administration.
She called the complainants--the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) founding chairman Dante Jimenez, former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) deputy directors Reynaldo Esmeralda and Ruel Lasala, and jueteng whistleblower Sandra Cam--as "clowns."
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