Disgraced ex-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano crossed the line by attacking my integrity, and I’m fighting to defend it with all my might.
Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed this Sunday as he said he is now counting informants and witnesses who are willing to provide information and evidence that could put Cayetano “in his proper place” — jail.
“My integrity is my first and last line of defense and I will fight to defend it with all my might. Sen Cayetano has crossed the line by attacking it,” he said in a post on X.
“As of this morning, I’m still counting informants and witnesses, directly or through intermediaries, willing to provide information and evidence to put him in his proper place – the Payatas, QC jail,” he added.
In Filipino: Lacson: Inatake ni Disgrasyadong Ex-SP Cayetano ang Aking Integridad; All-Out Akong Lalaban para Ipagtanggol Ito
My integrity is my first and last line of defense and I will fight to defend it with all my might. Sen Cayetano has crossed the line by attacking it.
As of this morning, I’m still counting informants and witnesses, directly or through intermediaries, willing to provide…
— PING LACSON (@iampinglacson) July 18, 2026
Integrity has always been Lacson’s most prized possession, a value he nurtured and protected in his more than five decades in public service as law enforcer and lawmaker.
During his law enforcement career, Lacson maintained a “No-Take” policy, rejecting hush and grease money from gambling lords and suppliers and contractors transacting with the Philippine National Police, which he headed from 1999 to 2001. He also declined reward money from grateful relatives of kidnap victims he rescued.
As senator, Lacson did not partake of any form of “pork barrel” and rejected lobby money from some sectors in exchange for “favorable” legislation – in contrast to what he claimed as Cayetano’s P6.79 billion worth of “pork barrel”-like budget insertions under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
“I’ve tasted power and I know how to handle power through personal experience. Hindi ako abusado at hindi ako corrupt na government official (I am neither abusive nor corrupt),” Lacson stressed.
On Saturday, Lacson shot down Cayetano’s insinuation in his Facebook Live post when he questioned the increase in Lacson’s declared net worth, which he said seemed to have doubled based on his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs) in 2025 compared to that in 2022. Lacson clarified that his net worth almost quadrupled during the three years that he was out of government, having left the Senate on June 30, 2022 and earning his “wealth” through legitimate means as reflected in his income tax returns (ITRs) for two consecutive taxable years in 2023 and 2024.
He likewise disclosed there are ghost flood control projects in Cayetano’s bailiwick of Taguig City, with the city engineer gambling away huge sums in Metro Manila casinos.
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Lacson: Inatake ni Disgrasyadong Ex-SP Cayetano ang Aking Integridad; All-Out Akong Lalaban para Ipagtanggol Ito
Inatake ni disgrasyadong ex-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano ang aking integridad, at lalaban ako para ipagtanggol ito.
Iginiit ito nitong Linggo ni Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, kasabay ang pagbunyag na binibilang niya ang mga impormante at testigo na handang magbigay ng impormasyon at ebidensiyang maaaring magpakulong kay Cayetano.
“My integrity is my first and last line of defense and I will fight to defend it with all my might. Sen Cayetano has crossed the line by attacking it,” aniya sa isang post sa X.
“As of this morning, I’m still counting informants and witnesses, directly or through intermediaries, willing to provide information and evidence to put him in his proper place – the Payatas, QC jail,” dagdag niya.
Itinuturing ni Lacson ang integridad bilang pinakamahalaga niyang yaman. Kanyang pinangalagaan at ipinagtanggol ito sa mahigit limang dekada niyang paglilingkod sa bayan bilang alagad ng batas at mambabatas.
Sa kanyang panunungkulan bilang alagad ng batas, ipinatupad ni Lacson ang isang “No-Take” policy, kung saan tinanggihan niya ang hush money at grease money mula sa mga gambling lord, gayundin ang suhol mula sa mga supplier at contractor na nakikipagtransaksiyon sa Philippine National Police (PNP), na kanyang pinamunuan mula 1999 hanggang 2001.
Tinanggihan din niya ang reward money na iniaalok ng mga pamilyang nagpapasalamat matapos mailigtas ang kanilang mga kaanak na biktima ng kidnapping.
Bilang senador, hindi rin nakibahagi si Lacson sa anumang anyo ng “pork barrel” at tinanggihan ang lobby money mula sa ilang sektor kapalit ng “favorable” na legislation – taliwas sa sinabi niyang P6.79 bilyong halaga na mala-“pork barrel” na budget insertions ni Cayetano sa 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
“I’ve tasted power and I know how to handle power through personal experience. Hindi ako abusado at hindi ako corrupt na government official,” diin ni Lacson.
Noong Sabado, pinabulaanan ni Lacson ang mga paratang ni Cayetano sa isang Facebook Live nang kuwestiyunin nito ang pagtaas ng idineklarang net worth ni Lacson, na ayon dito ay tila nadoble batay sa kanyang Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) noong 2025 kumpara noong 2022. Nilinaw ni Lacson na halos nag-quadruple ang net worth niya sa tatlong taon na wala siya sa gobyerno mula noong umalis siya sa Senado noong Hunyo 30, 2022 at lehitimong napagkakitaan ang kanyang yaman na makikita sa kanyang income tax returns (ITRs) noong 2023 at 2024.
Kanya ring ibinunyag na may mga ghost flood control projects sa political bailiwick ni Cayetano sa Taguig City, habang ang city engineer umano rito ay nagsusugal ng malalaking halaga sa mga casino sa Metro Manila.
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