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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/02/24/20170224-marilen-alonte-fb-2.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Biñan Rep. Marilyn &quot;Len&quot; Alonte-Naguiat. <cite>Photo from Rep. Alonte-Naguiat&#x27;s Facebook page</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A congresswoman on Friday denied allegations she tried to bribe detained crime lords to recant their claims that Senator Leila de Lima received drug money.</p><p>Binan Rep. Marilyn &quot;Len&quot; Alonte-Naguiat said she did not know any of the inmates who testified against the senator, who was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/24/17/philippine-law-enforcers-arrest-duterte-critic-on-drug-charges" target="_blank">arrested</a> on Friday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1456799" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>&quot;Nagulat din ako... Dine-deny ko po iyan. Buong tapang ko pong sinasagot na wala akong kinalaman diyan,&quot; she told DZMM.</p><p>(I was also surprised... I deny that allegation. I say with much conviction that I have nothing to do with that.)</p><p>Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre told DZMM early Friday that Alonte and former senator Jamby Madrigal <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/23/17/aguirre-tags-jamby-laguna-congresswoman-in-p100m-bribe-try" target="_blank">offered</a> P100 million to help save their LP colleague.</p><p>The congresswoman, however, denied making any such call.</p><p>&quot;Baka nga may nangyaring ganoong tawagan pero ang sinisiguro ko, hindi ako &#x27;yun... Hindi ho ako tumawag, hindi ho ako nakisali sa ganyang gawain so hindi ko po alam paano nila nakuha yung ganyang issue,&quot; she added.</p><p>(Maybe someone did make call but I can assure you, it was not me. I did not call. I did not engage in those kinds of activities so I don&#x27;t know why I was tagged in that issue.)</p><p>The lawmaker said she does not know Madrigal personally, and that she has been allied with President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s PDP-Laban since her election win last year.</p><p>&quot;How can I be close to Senator Jamby when she fought against the cityhood of Biñan in the Senate?&quot; she said in a separate interview.</p><p>Naguiat admitted that she is close to celebrity Kris Aquino, who is the sibling of former president Benigno Aquino III, but said that they never talked about politics.</p><p>&quot;Never (did Kris and I talk about politics). Baka love life niya, pwede pa,&quot; the congresswoman said.</p><p>Alonte-Naguiat said she was willing to undergo a lie detector test and face Aguirre&#x27;s sources.</p><p>She declined to comment if she will be filing charges against Aguirre over the false allegations.</p>

<p>A Liberal Party congresswoman on Friday denied allegations she tried to bribe detained crime lords to recant their claims that Senator Leila de Lima received drug money.</p>

A Liberal Party congresswoman on Friday denied allegations she tried to bribe detained crime lords to recant their claims that Senator Leila de Lima received drug money.