Who’s this ‘sexy senator’? Luy’s lips still tightly sealed on mystery legislator

MANILA, Philippines –  Benhur  Luy, principal whistle-blower in the P10-billion “pork barrel” scam,  on Thursday said he went to the Senate in 2011  to  follow  up  documents  at the office of a senator, whom he only  described as  “sexy.”

 

But “sexy” is a male senator, Luy said, in his testimony before the Senate blue ribbon committee.

 

Responding to Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano’s queries, the whistle-blower confirmed that he had been to the Senate with Janet Lim-Napoles in 2004, and  also in 2011 and 2012.

 

Cayetano tried but failed to get from Luy which offices of the senators he had visited.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, who presented Luy to the Senate, had earlier requested the committee to refrain from asking the whistleblower to name names.

 

TV grab from ANC shows key pork barrel scam witness Benhur Luy conferring with Justice Secretary Leila De Lima during a break in the Senate hearing on the scam Thursday.

 

But when Cayetano pressed to at least give the  initials or nickname of the office of the senator he visited in 2011,  Luy said:  “Si sexy.”

 

But de Lima, who was  seated beside Luy at the hearing  room,  suggested:  “Pwedeng tanungin kung  babae o lalaki? (May we know if it’s a male or female?)”

Luy then answered:  “Lalaki (male).”

 

Senators  Juan Ponce-Enrile, Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.  were identified by witnesses during last week’s hearing as among the legislators who had funnelled their priority development assistant  fund (PDAF) or “pork barrel” funds to questionable  non-government organizations  of Napoles.

 

Napoles, who is now detained for serious illegal detention of Luy, allegedly masterminded the pork scam.