Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is certainly the firestarter. When she took her turn at the Senate 11am this morning, the first thing she pointed out was: Why is there only 9 senators present at the hearing of the worst scam in Philippine history? Below are some of the accompanying tweets as our (dare we say!) favorite lady Senator grills new whistleblower Ruby Tuason.
(Staff) PDAF is the worst scam in Philippine history. #PDAFscam #Senate
— Miriam Santiago (@senmiriam) February 13, 2014
(Staff) Are you familiar with the code names Tanda, Sexy, Pogi, Dahon, Bigote & Bongets? #PDAFscam
— Miriam Santiago (@senmiriam) February 13, 2014
(Staff) Mrs. Tuason, you are trying to tread on as few toes as possible. You are walking on eggshells.
— Miriam Santiago (@senmiriam) February 13, 2014
Denial is an inherently weak defense and has always been viewed upon with disfavor by courts due to the ease with which it can be concocted.
— Miriam Santiago (@senmiriam) February 13, 2014
Both denial and alibi are inherently weak defenses which cannot prevail over positive and credible testimonies of witnesses.
— Miriam Santiago (@senmiriam) February 13, 2014
Santiago: You’re an eyewitness…in the words of Sec. De Lima a “slam dunk”, in my words a “bullseye”
— INQUIRER Live (@inquirerlive) February 13, 2014
2 ways to be state witness: By discharge from criminal case & by approval of application into Witness Protection Program of DOJ.
— Miriam Santiago (@senmiriam) February 13, 2014
Screengrab from an ANC video
