Senator Jinggoy Estrada took another swipe at Ruby Tuason, seeking to downplay the testimony Tuason is set to deliver at a Senate hearing on Thursday, February 13. Estrada said that Tuason and PDAF scam witness Benhur Luy were in connivance to pin him down as a beneficiary of kickbacks from Janet Lim-Napoles. “Ngayon, may lumabas na bagong ledger si Tita Ruby. Wala namang ledger iyon. Ngayon, gumawa na siya ng ledger para lang mag-tally ang figures. My goodness!” said Estrada. “I think she will crumble in cross-examination.” Estrada was referring to the meeting between Tuason and Luy at the National Bureau of Investigation on Monday, February 10. Luy kept a ledger of kickbacks Napoles allegedly gave to lawmakers, as well as the bagmen who received them on behalf of the lawmakers. But Estrada claims that the figures in Luy’s ledger and the figures cited originally cited by Tuason do not match. Levito Baligod, Luy’s lawyer, explained the difference by saying that Estrada had dealt directly with alleged scam mastermind Janet Napoles, and no longer used Tuason as a bagman after some time.
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