Detained Pharmally execs and siblings Mohit and Twinkle Dargani name 4 lawyers to represent them during the Senate blue ribbon hearings. One lawyer, Daryl Valles, previously worked at the Office of the President, specially the office earlier held by Sen Bong Go. @rapplerdotcom
Other lawyers named by Dargani siblings in their letter to the blue ribbon committee are Don Kapunan and Demetri Felix. They said their 4th lawyer is still pending and to be confirmed.
*specifically. Sorry about the typo!
@rapplerdotcom Senate blue ribbon chair Richard Gordon says Valles initially lied about his affiliation with Malacañang when he visited his clients, the Dargani sibligns, in their detention room at the Senate. But Valles eventually admitted he worked under Malacañang but he resigned last Feb. 
@rapplerdotcom Gordon: Before he was allowed entry, we looked into who he was and we found out that per Office of the President directory, he is a Director IV at the Office of the Special Assistant to the President, the position then occupied by Senator Bong Go.
@rapplerdotcom Gordon: He denied being from Malacañang though he admitted he was from Davao
@rapplerdotcom Gordon: We do not understand why there was a need for the subterfuge, why there was a need to hide an important fact. Here, the attempt to hide a fact raises more questions as a result.
@rapplerdotcom Gordon: The Darganis are entitled to counsel. That is a right we intend to always honor. They can hire whichever lawyer their money can buy
@rapplerdotcom LOOK: The hand-written letter by Twinkle and Mohit Dargani naming their lawyers for the Senate blue ribbon hearings, among them Valles who used to work under Malacañang.
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