[PANFILO] LACSON wants to head the Senate blue-ribbon committee.
“I want to advance my advocacy of accountability among public officials. If only for it, I want to chair the blue-ribbon committee. But I won’t beg for it nor exchange my vote to get that committee,” he said, referring to his vote for Senate president.
Since majority of the Senate is now GO [Genuine Opposition] and they are serious about their anti-corruption drive and putting corrupt public officials in jail, will they prosecute Erap? Or will they go only for administration candidates and their allies?
June 7th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
This is amazing! One of the few blogposts that has generated this much attention in a very short period of time. What it tells me is how interesting Panfilo Lacson can be and he seems capable of generating strong opinions. Overall, it seems positive for Ping.
Dr. Henry 4
I would not listen to Tulfo’s accusation, he is most often beyond reason. Besides, there are things that we do not know between the two of them that have caused Tulfo’s ire. I think it is about principles in which Lacson stood his ground. When media focused on Lacson, it is not because he asked for it. It is because he is saying something that makes sense to most of us, that is what media saw. Mike Arroyo is so happy about views people like you hold because your view is one of the proofs that he has succeeded in demolishing Lacson. He tried the same trick with Cayetano but he cannot find anything on the man so he tried using his power to ask the Ethics Committee to suspend Cayetano. He and his men did the same thing to Lacson. Yes, he is fighting corruption, that is his advocacy. Are you not glad that somebody is taking on that fight? We all know that the root of most of our problems is graft and corruption but no one has dared to take that problem head on, only Ping in his lonesome has the guts to do so. Cayetano, Escudero and Ping, they are taking the path that most of our politicians won’t dare to tread. They would prefer to be on the safe side. This path they are taking takes a lot of courage, a lot of risk and a lot of support from people like us.
Julio
Rather than telling us that Lacson is a hypocrite, I would rather prefer that you tell us what makes him a hypocrite that will be much more useful in this discourse. Being associated with a ‘magnanakaw’ does not make one a ‘magnanakaw’. Besides, Erap has to be tried by the court. Let the courts judge him. Let both sides produce the evidence. Serve the People is right, let us leave it to the Court.
Clipmaster
Your comments are somewhat defeatist. I am never ‘kawawa’ nor ‘magtitiis sa mga politicong manloloko’. This is the reason I say what I want to say. I do not want them to think that they can continue to fool us. There are people around them that are capable of seeing what they are up to. The politicians in our midst have a role to play and it is their responsibility to play that role well. It is our duty, our responsibility as citizens that they are doing their job well.
Salina
Thank you for quoting Senator Lacson’s exact words. What struck me was the last line, “..But I won’t beg for it nor exchange my vote to get that committee.� This is Lacson, he speaks through his heart with all sincerity and that is what we are thirsting for right now, a leader who can stand his ground and stick to the truth.
June 6th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I voted for Lacson because of his being firm on his principle. He may not be perfect at least he is doing his best for the people .
Better to have a leader who could not be perfect in his dedication to serve the people than to have a leader who is pliant like a bamboo.
June 6th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Prosecute Erap for plunder? What plunder? Is taking Chavit’s money from jueting plunder? If that’s President GMA and her supporters’ legal interpretation of plunder, no wonder they will lose elections as they have already.
June 6th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
If the GO are very serious in putting to jail the corrupt employees of the government they should examine their selves first and foremost…The GO canditates are also corrupt.. who in this world would spent more than 50 million pesos in election if the monthly salary you will be getting is not even P30,000. roughly 1.5M in four years.. why spent that much.. because they knew they can corrupt from the people’s money..
June 6th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
it takes two to tango only…lol vote buying and vote selling…get rid of these…and one thing more, stop bribing….lolz