Lacson: Presidential Debates, Yes; Mudslinging, No

 Lacson: Presidential Debates, Yes; Mudslinging, No

October 30, 2021 - Yes to presidential debates and forums to showcase one's platform of government; and no to mudslinging, intrigue and other forms of gutter politics.

Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson made this clear on Saturday as he said this is the pact he made with his running mate, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III.

"Gusto naming ibahin. Ang gutter politics at siraan, iiwasan. Ang iba nagsisiraan, kami hindi nakikihalo (We want to be different. We will not take part in gutter politics and intrigue even if others engage in it. We won't take part in that)," Lacson said in an interview on DWIZ radio.

"Pag issue lamang kami kasi ang pinaglalaban namin ang experience, track record at ginawa namin, both executive and legislative work (We will engage our rivals on issues because we have the experience and track record as workers both in the executive and legislative departments)," he added.

Lacson, who is running for President under Partido Reporma, had a law enforcement career spanning 30 years, including serving as Philippine National Police chief from 1999 to 2001, before becoming senator. He also served as Presidential Assistant on Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR).

Sotto, who is running for Vice President under the Nationalist People's Coalition, served as Quezon City vice mayor and helmed the Dangerous Drugs Board aside from serving in the Senate.

Lacson is the first presidential candidate to be interviewed in a presidential forum organized by the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Cignal TV and The Manila Times. The forum is to be held Saturday evening.

Aside from Saturday evening's forum, Lacson said he and Sotto are ready to take part in other forums to present solutions on how to deal with the country's humongous problems.

"Bukod sa debate may ganyang forum ino-organize, willing kami maglahad ng road map at platform. Mabuti yan para maunawaan ng iba't ibang sector ang aming planong gawin (Aside from debates, we are prepared to present our platforms of government in other forums. These are good venues for us to let the public know our proposed solutions to our country's woes)," he said.

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Ping Lacson: Panayam sa DWIZ (Cely Bueno at Raoul Esperas) | Oct. 30, 2021

Ping Lacson: Panayam sa DWIZ (Cely Bueno at Raoul Esperas) | Oct. 30, 2021

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What Makes Pampanga Memorable for Ping

 What Makes Pampanga Memorable for Ping

October 30, 2021 (MEXICO, Pampanga) - For Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, Pampanga will always be memorable for him not just because of its Parol (Christmas lanterns) and culinary pride, but also because of one of his biggest law enforcement achievements.

Lacson, who personally attended his and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III's Kumustahan rally here, said he and his men spent Christmas 1992 and New Year's Day 1993 in Pampanga trying to neutralize a notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang.

"Hindi ko makalimutan, noong 1992 dito kami nagpasko sa San Fernando kasi dito ang area of operation, nagkaroon kami ng technical surveillance (I cannot forget Pampanga. I spent Christmas of 1992 in San Fernando because we were holding technical surveillance then)," he said.

He said their quarry at the time was Alfredo "Joey" de Leon, leader of a kidnap-for-ransom gang. De Leon's Red Scorpion Group had been tagged behind several kidnap-for-ransom incidents, which occurred three to four times a week during the early part of the Ramos administration.

At the time, Lacson was the newly appointed head of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission's Task Force Habagat, which was tasked to stop kidnapping, holdups and other heinous crimes.

Lacson also recalled he and his men had to spend the holidays eating biscuits and sardines on the hood of their vehicle.

"Our then chairman, then Vice President Joseph Estrada, gave us until yearend 1992 to stop the gang. We got the job done in February 1993 when de Leon was killed in an encounter at the boundary of Pampanga and Bulacan," he said.

"Hindi ko makalimutan kung ako napunta sa Pampanga, yan ang aking iniikot (So I cannot forget Pampanga because that is what I remember when I visit or pass through here)," he said.

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Lacson: Each Filipino Now P120,000 in Debt

 Lacson: Each Filipino Now P120,000 in Debt

October 30, 2021 (MEXICO, Pampanga) - Each Filipino, even those just born today, is already in debt by at least a whopping P120,000 even as the national debt has reached P11.92 trillion as of end-September, Sen. Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson lamented on Friday.

Lacson, who personally addressed attendees at his and Senate President Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III's Online Kumustahan here, noted the national debt is projected to reach a staggering P13.42 trillion by June 2022.

This is compounded by the problems brought by the pandemic, which has negatively affected Filipinos' health and the country's economy, he said.

"Ang pandemya di natin alam kailan matatapos. Pangalawa, dulot ng pandemya, lumobo ang ating pambansang utang (We do not know when the pandemic will end. Second, because of the pandemic, our national debt has ballooned)," Lacson said.

He said that while the debt stood at P5.9 trillion when the Duterte administration started in 2016, it is projected to swell to P13.42 trillion by June 30, 2022.

The Bureau of Treasury said Friday that as of end-September, the national debt has ballooned to P11.92 trillion.

"Pag ganito kalaki ang utang natin, ang projected nating population sa June 2022, 111 milyon na tayo - bawa’t isa sa atin, pati ang pinapanganak sa oras na ito may taglay na utang na P120,000 (If our debt is this big, each of us - even those born now - will be in debt by P120,000)," he said.

Worse, Lacson said this is only one of the problems facing the next leader, with the other problems including peace and order and sovereignty at the West Philippine Sea.

Lacson - who is running for President under Partido Reporma alongside Sotto, who is running for Vice President under the Nationalist People's Coalition - said the next leader must face all these problems while leading the nation to recovery from the pandemic.

He reiterated his call to empower this municipality, along with all local government units in the country, with proper funds for them to implement their local development projects - such as livelihood programs for drivers and senior citizens, as well as improved "ayuda" that will empower families amid the pandemic.

Lacson has championed empowering LGUs through his Budget Reform Advocacy for Village Empowerment (BRAVE) advocacy.

"Walang nakakaalam ng prayoridad at pangangailangan more than the local government officials (No one else knows the needs and priorities of LGUs than the local officials)," he said.

Also, Lacson stressed anew the need to make judicious use of limited public funds, including the P5.024-trillion budget for 2022.

He likewise reiterated his commitment to get rid of corruption through tight discipline of the bureaucracy, combined with leadership by example.

Lacson said Pampanga is memorable for him as he and his men spent Christmas 1992 and New Year 1993 there, conducting technical surveillance against Alfredo "Joey" de Leon, leader of a kidnap-for-ransom gang.

At the time, Lacson was head of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission's Task Force Habagat, which was tasked to stop kidnapping, holdups and other heinous crimes.

"Our then chairman, then Vice President Joseph Estrada, gave us until yearend 1992 to stop the gang. We got the job done in February 1993 when de Leon was killed in an encounter at the boundary of Pampanga and Bulacan," he said.

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SA PANAHON NG KAHIRAPAN, HINDI AYUDA ANG KAILANGAN!

SA PANAHON NG KAHIRAPAN,

PANG-AHON SA MGA MAHIHIRAP ANG KAILANGAN!

HINDI AYUDA ANG KAILANGAN!

KUNDI YUNG MAY SEGURIDAD NA PANGHABANG BUHAY!

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#TULONG PING

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Brave Movers for LACSON-SOTTO 2022!

 Brave Movers for LACSON-SOTTO 2022!

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Good morning Brave Movers, sharing the event happened last Sunday in Montalban Rizal though maulan pero tuloy pa din. Nagkaroon din tayo ng signing of form para sa 250 new members  brave movers of Montalban, seedling po tayo ng mga botante at sinisimulan naten sa ROOTS...thanks

MARAMING SALAMAT PO SA INYONG BUONG SUPORTA SA LACSON-SOTTO TANDEM PARA SA HALALAN 2022...!!!

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Billions of dollars embezzled by the Marcoses

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Billions of dollars embezzled by the Marcoses

After Mohamed Suharto of Indonesia, the late President Ferdinand Marcos was listed No. 2 most corrupt leader of the world according to Transparency International report in 2004.

On October 12, 2021 former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Maria Lourdes Sereno said on Facebook that ‘Kung walang ninakaw, walang na-recover.’ According to her, the amount recovered by Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) from Dictator Ferdinand Marcos, his family, and their cronies was P174 billion worth of assets out of the estimated P253 billion to P506 billion of ill-gotten wealth. 

On December 5, 2018 Rappler reported that Imelda Marcos posted P300,000 post-conviction bail, a pittance compared to the $200 million worth of foundations, for her temporary freedom. “The 89-year-old Marcos was convicted of 7 counts of graft for illegally creating and maintaining Swiss foundations for the ‘private benefit’ of the former first family.”

On December 16, 2019 the “Sandiganbayan dismissed Civil Case No. 0002 allowing the entire Marcos family to keep P200 billion in alleged ill-gotten wealth” because the documents submitted by PCGG were ‘mere photocopies.’

By technicality the government and the Filipino people lost this huge amount. 

The foregoing are facts that few voters know, and that Marcos loyalists stubbornly refuse to accept.

Money is not the only advantage of presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. After 30 years from exile the Marcoses have successfully deodorized their worldwide rotten image by directly or indirectly revising history, winning in elections, and avoiding imprisonment. Hiring trolls is the most cost-effective way to promote the image of the Marcoses and destroy the reputations of political opponents. In addition, the residual popularity of the Marcoses, especially among their loyalists, has endeared them among the innocent young ones who, unaware of the thousands killed, tortured and jailed during the 20-year Marcos regime, wrongly perceive the Marcos government as the best in the last 55 years.

Aside from power and the-feeling-of-being-royalty, the Marcoses want to return to Malacañang to keep their billions intact, possibly further embezzle our hard-earned taxes, avoid more lawsuits, and refuse the payment of real estate taxes. 

If we want to stop this notorious family from returning to Malacañang, then we need to maximize our involvement and participation in social media, print media, television, radio, telephone, and interaction with fellow voters to spread the truth and inform them about the true and shameless Marcoses. 

This is the time to kneel and storm heaven with our prayers so that our God would give our misguided and ill-informed fellow Filipinos wisdom to discern and choose the most deserving presidential candidate who could lead us to a much better Philippines starting July 2022.

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Partido Reporma sets trend; first to put up hotlines and info center

 Partido Reporma sets trend; first to put up hotlines and info center

Partido Reporma has beefed up its efforts to raise awareness and expand its reach across the country as it put up recently an information and call center that will respond to the public’s queries on issues, policies, and platforms of government being raised by the party’s chairman and 2022 elections standard-bearer Senator Panfilo Lacson.

Partido Reporma is the first and only political party so far that set up hotlines and call centers that will directly answer questions and queries from the public concerning election-related issues.

“We are putting up a hotline and a call center to answer all questions about the party, Senator Lacson and his team, and the policies and platforms of government that we are pushing come the 2022 elections,”  the Membership Division of the party said on Wednesday.

At the moment, the call center has 10 to 20 agents who respond to membership applications from different regions. They also entertain and answer questions or queries on various issues, from highly controversial matters down to petty ones.

“They can get all the information they wanted to learn about the party, about Senator Ping and his team.  They can even ask about his background, and maybe even about his personal and love life,” the statement added.

Partido Reporma also scored the need to establish the center not only to expand the party’s reach but also to inform and educate voters amid the proliferation of fake news on social media.

“This is our way to combat fake news and misinformation.  We directly answer all questions about issues concerning our party and our candidates.  We don’t have trolls, we have live agents who will give you accurate information and answers,” it added.

Also, all call center agents are either bilingual or multi-lingual so they could better relay the message across all regions.

“We have people who understand and speak local dialects for better communication, so we can also relay the party’s message seamlessly,” the statement added.

The call center is now fully operational and ready to take questions using the following hotline numbers 09989861210 and 09989597200.

Aside from hotlines and info center, Partido Reporma has also initiated “Online Kumustahan,” a virtual town hall meet where Lacson and running mate Senator Vicente Sotto III communicate and directly answer various issues and concerns raised by voters from different sectors.

With the setting up of call centers and hotlines, and ‘Online Kumustahan,’ the party is confident that it will be able to convey to the public the directions that Lacson and his team would want to pursue should he win the elections.

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Lacson: Ex-PS-DBM OIC Lao Violated Anti-Graft Law with Huge Pharmally Contracts

Lacson: Ex-PS-DBM OIC Lao Violated Anti-Graft Law with Huge Pharmally Contracts

October 28, 2021 - Lloyd Christopher Lao, ex-OIC of the Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service (PS-DBM), violated the Anti-Graft Law by giving Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp. huge contracts way beyond its Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC), Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson bared Thursday.

At the Senate Blue Ribbon hearing on irregularities involving the procurement of medical supplies to deal with the Covid pandemic, Lacson said Pharmally had a net working capital of P599,450 and could only be given a maximum contract of P5.994 million.

Yet, Pharmally bagged its first contract amounting to P13.86 million - more than twice the maximum - and even got a second contract amounting to P54 million, all within the same year, Lacson said, citing documents so far obtained during the hearing.

"Bakit una pa lang na delivery, nasa P13 milyon agad mahigit? May violation agad dito (Why is it that in its first delivery, it already raked in more than P13 million? Here we can immediately see the violation)," Lacson said.

"They have no financial capability pero pinapasok nila (Pharmally had no financial capability but got these huge contracts)," he added.

He told Senate Blue Ribbon panel chairman Richard Gordon that he may include in his preliminary committee report this "clear violation" of the Anti-Graft Law, where the administrative requirement was not followed.

Lacson pointed out that Lao exceeded his authority or did not follow the provisions of the Procurement Law.

"Mag-agree kayo sa akin, in-exceed ni Lao ang kanyang authority o hindi sinunod ang alituntunin sa Procurement Law, na times 10 lang ng maximum sa net working capital (You will agree with me that Lao exceeded his authority or did not follow the Procurement Law's provision on the net working capital)," he said.

Lacson noted the NFCC is part of the eligibility documents of bidders under the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Resolution 16-2020.

Citing Pharmally's Statement of Financial Position, Lacson noted Pharmally in 2019 had a net working capital of P599,450, and an NFCC of P5,994,500.

"Dapat maximum na makuhang kontrata ng Pharmally, hindi lalampas ng P5.9 milyon (Pharmally should not have gotten a contract exceeding P5.9 million)," Lacson said.

Yet Pharmally, despite its lack of financial capacity, was awarded some P11.11 billion in contracts from the government, Lacson said.

"Hindi dapat bigyan ng kontrata na higit sa 10 times ng net working capital. Lumampas sila. Nasundan pa ito ng katakot-takot na delivery (Pharmally should not have been given a contract that is more than 10 times its net working capital. Yet it got hefty deliveries)," he said.

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Supporters of LACSON-SOTTO For 2022 in Antipolo, Rizal

Supporters of LACSON-SOTTO For 2022 in Antipolo, Rizal

 

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