“May God forgive you for all your sins, and may God forgive you for all your lies about me.” Ito ang tinuran ni Senator Leila de Lima patungkol kay Kerwin Espinosa na nagsabing binigyan niya ng hanggang P8 milyon ang Senadora bago mag-eleksyon noong Mayo, sa pamamagitan ni Ronnie Dayan.
Sinabi ni De Lima na pinatatawad na rin niya si Espinosa, kasabay ng pahayag na walang katotohanan ang alegasyon laban sa kanya.
“I categorically, firmly, and absolutely deny having known Mr. Kerwin Espinosa. I do not remember any instance or occasion of having met him. I categorically, firmly, and absolutely deny having received any money, any cash from Mr. Kerwin Espinosa, either directly or indirectly through anyone else, in any occasion at any time, whether that money is supposedly for either protection or fund-raising for campaign expenses,” ayon kay De Lima.
Sinabi ni De Lima na gawa-gawa lamang ang nasabing bahagi ng testimonya ni Kerwin. “To me, that portion of his testimony is under gunpoint, under duress. So it’s pointless for me to question him on those points,” dagdag pa ng Senadora. (Leonel M. Abasola)
