Another list: Miriam wants Luy's testimony tagging 200 people

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Monday asked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee leadership to get the testimony of Benhur Luy that tagged nearly 200 people who allegedly received pork barrel kickbacks.

In her letter to Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Teofisto Guingona III, Santiago said a public hearing in the chamber should be held as soon as possible to obtain what she called the "Luy list."

According to reports, the list was supposedly from the backup computer file kept by Luy, a former employee of Janet Lim-Napoles, that detailed each lawmaker and other public officials and the amount of kickbacks they individually received from the multibillion-peso scam.

"I humbly submit that it is crucial for the sake of truth that Luy should testify on the Luy list, in order to settle the conflicting claims of suspicious people like Janet Napoles, Panfilo Lacson, and Sandra Cam who, not coincedentally, claimed that each one has his or her own list," Santiago told Guingona in her letter.

Santiago said the Luy list would be "definitive and substantiated," as compared to the "spurious documents inadmissible in evidence" claimed by the three individuals who might be "acting in concert as attack dogs" for one or all the three senators indicted for plunder by the Office of the Ombudsman.

Earlier today, Guingona announced that he has signed the subpoena compelling Justice Secretary Leila De Lima to surrender the list and "tell-all" affidavit that she obtained last month from Napoles, who supposedly identified the other officials involved in the scam.

Guingona said Lacson has also committed to turn over all the relevant files and documents that he allegedly received from Napoles' relatives.

For his part, Senator Francis Escudero said all lists and all those who claim to have such lists must also be summoned to appear before the Senate, including Lacson and Cam.

Meanwhile, Malacañang dismissed claims that there are efforts from the to cover-up the Napoles list, which also allegedly implicated allies of the Aquino administration.

"There is no cover up. That is an unfounded allegation," Presidential Communication Operations Office head Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a televised press briefing.

Earlier, President Aquino said he had seen two Napoles lists, though the contents do not match.

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