Target ng fake news si independent presidential bet Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson kung saan sinasabi na kinansela niya ang kanyang pangangampanya sa Bicol, partikulatlt na sa Naga, Camarines Sur ngayong Biyernes.
Ayok sa mga local organizers, may nagsabi raw sa local media na dadalo sana sa kampanya sa Naga na kanselado na ang pagbisita ng independent presidential aspirant.
Independent presidential bet Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson was the target of fake news spreading Friday that he had canceled his campaign events in Bicol, particularly in Naga, Camarines Sur.
Local organizers cited information reaching them that local media who were to attend Lacson’s campaign in Naga were advised that the events were canceled.
In view of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s resignation as Chairman of Partido Reporma, and given the fact that I am totally committed to support him in his candidacy for President, I am also tendering my resignation as the Party Spokesman effectively immediately.
I shall continue, henceforth, to support and campaign for Ping Lacson in his campaign for the Presidency as his Official Spokesman.
Bago pa man siya nakilalang “pork hunter” ng Senado, kinatatakutan na kalaban si Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ng mga kidnap-for-ransom gangs – hindi lamang sa Metro Manila, kundi pati na rin sa Cebu.
Inaalala ni campaign spokesperson Ashley Acedillo kung paano namangha ang mga Cebuano sa pamamahala ni Lacson sa Metropolitan District Command ng Philippine Constabulary sa Cebu noong 1980s.
“Maybe the newer generation of Cebuanos were too young to remember that kidnapping was once a dreaded scourge in Cebu. It was only a certain Police Colonel Ping Lacson who turned the tables and became the scourge of the kidnappers,” ani Acedillo na lumaki sa Cebu.
Before he became the “pork hunter” of the Senate, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson was the scourge of kidnap-for-ransom gangs – not only in Metro Manila, but in Cebu.
Campaign spokesperson Ashley Acedillo recalled how Cebuanos were in awe of Lacson when he headed the Philippine Constabulary’s Metropolitan District Command in Cebu in the late 1980s.
“Maybe the newer generation of Cebuanos were too young to remember that kidnapping was once a dreaded scourge in Cebu. It was only a certain Police Colonel Ping Lacson who turned the tables and became the scourge of the kidnappers,” said Acedillo, who grew up in Cebu.
“Next to the long-standing relationship with the United States, the Philippines’ most important foreign relationship will be that of China,” ayon kay Ashley Acedillo, tagapagsalita ng kandidato sa pagka-Presidente na si Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson.
Katulad ng mga nakaraang pahayag ni Lacson sa isyu, naniniwala si Acedillo na kailangang maging praktikal at maliksi ang ating bansa sa pakikitungo sa China lalo na sa usaping seguridad at teritoryo.
Ang pagiging maagap ay pagiging aktibo sa paghahanap ng oportunidad na bantayan ang mga kaganapan sa mga lugar na may hidwaan tayo sa China at pagsasaayos sa sitwasyon sa ating maritime domains para malagay sa mas maayos na posisyon ang ating bansa sa oras na magkaroon ng mga diskusyon sa China. Kasama rito ang pagiging bukas sa anumang polisiya at hindi lamang puro sound bites na maaaring mag limita sa mga ilalatag na opsyon o mas paguluhin pa ang kasalukuyang sitwasyon.
“Next to the long-standing relationship with the United States, the Philippines’ most important foreign relationship will be that of China,” according to Ashley Acedillo, spokesman for presidential candidate Panfilo “Ping” Lacson.
Reiterating previous pronouncements of Sen. Lacson on the matter, Acedillo believes that to effectively deal with China on various fronts, foremost among them in the geopolitical and national security fronts, the Philippines must be “agile” and “pragmatic.”
“Agility” or to be agile means actively pursuing opportunities not only to monitor developments in areas of conflict with China, but also to improve the situation in our maritime domains to better position the country in any future discussion with the former. This also requires flexibility in our policy positions, lest we be hemmed in by ill-thought of or knee-jerk policy pronouncements – or worse still, “sound bites” – that either tend to limit our options, or confound the situation.
