{"id":577440,"date":"2014-02-12T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T10:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=577440"},"modified":"2014-02-12T18:07:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T10:07:23","slug":"some-senators-had-also-eaten-food-from-ruby-tuason-says-jinggoy-estrada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/577440\/some-senators-had-also-eaten-food-from-ruby-tuason-says-jinggoy-estrada","title":{"rendered":"Some senators had also eaten food from Ruby Tuason, says Jinggoy Estrada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014Some senators had also eaten the food that suspect-turned-state witness Ruby Tuason had brought \u00a0to Senator Jose \u201cJinggoy\u201d Estrada in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n

A day before Tuason\u00a0 is set to appear before the blue ribbon committee on Thursday,\u00a0 Estrada\u00a0 disclosed that he had also shared\u00a0 with some of\u00a0\u00a0 his colleagues the food\u00a0 that\u00a0 Tuason\u00a0 had personally delivered\u00a0 to him in the chamber.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe food that she gave me, she delivered to me, I also shared\u00a0\u00a0 it with\u00a0 some senators because she brought trays full of snacks,\u201d the senator said of Tuason.<\/p>\n\n

Tuason, who is also charged with plunder\u00a0 at the Office of the Ombudsman, alleged in her affidavit that she\u00a0 brought\u00a0 Estrada\u2019s\u00a0 commissions for funnelling his pork barrel funds to bogus non-government organizations, to the Senate.<\/p>\n\n

But the senator\u00a0 strongly denied the allegation and even requested the chamber to release\u00a0 the\u00a0 CCTV footages\u00a0 to\u00a0 prove\u00a0 his accuser wrong.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cOf course, it hurts. It hurts. Because \u00a0in the first place there\u2019s\u00a0 really nothing. That\u2019s\u00a0 why I\u2019m requesting to release the \u00a0footages of the CCTV really\u00a0 verify if indeed Tita\u00a0 Ruby\u00a0 delivered money to\u00a0 me,\u201d Estrada said.<\/p>\n\n

Saying \u00a0it was \u201cunfair\u201d to single him and\u00a0 his family\u00a0 out in the pork controversy,\u00a0\u00a0 Estrada also dared\u00a0 his accusers\u00a0 to name\u00a0 other\u00a0 senators , who might have been involved in the scam.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI hope they will also identify \u00a0other senators, whom \u00a0they are trying to protect, those that they don\u2019t want them\u00a0 to\u00a0 name.\u00a0 They \u00a0should\u00a0 also expose\u00a0 them if\u00a0 they really have\u00a0 documents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

Estrada, who had\u00a0 inhibited\u00a0\u00a0 from the\u00a0 Senate\u00a0 probe on the issue,\u00a0 said\u00a0 he might just\u00a0 probably\u00a0 watch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thursday\u2019s hearing, which he described as another \u201ctelenovela\u201d and \u201czarzuela.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Asked if he had a\u00a0 message for his colleagues , who would attend the hearing ,\u00a0\u00a0 the senator said: \u00a0\u201cWell, to quote Thomas Jefferson: \u2018A politician looks forward to the next election. But a statesman looks forward to the next generation.\u2019 I hope they become statesmen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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