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Ping Lacson: Budget Reform, Kadiwa Institutionalization Key to Boost Agriculture in Negros

DUMAGUETE CITY – Implementing budget reform and institutionalizing the Kadiwa store are the keys to helping the agriculture sector and ending poverty especially in the Negros region, former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Thursday.

Lacson and former Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III are advocating a bigger role for local government units (LGUs) to work with the national government in buying crops from farmers at a fair price, instead of them being forced to sell to middlemen at a loss.

This jibes with the Kadiwa store system’s concept of farm-to-market intervention to help farmers.

“Why not institutionalize the Kadiwa store system by way of legislation? This is a work in progress. Assuming we win, this will be one of my legislative priorities,” Lacson said in Filipino at a press conference of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate here.

Related: Ping Lacson: Budget Reform, Kadiwa System Susi vs Kahirapan sa Negros

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Lacson wants bicam budget talks open to public for transparency [Inquirer]

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer: Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has suggested that Congress make the bicameral conference committee meetings on the proposed 2025 national budget accessible to the media and the public for the sake of transparency.

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Ping: Budget and PNP Reforms

In an interview on One News, Ping Lacson answers questions on:
* Budget reform legislation
* Legislation to reform the PNP

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Ping: Pet Projects ng mga Mambabatas, Kailangang Dumaan sa Pagpaplano, Konsultasyon

Sa 2022 at sa mga susunod na taon, kailangan nang dumaan sa masusing pagpaplano at konsultasyon sa lokal na otoridad at ahensya ang mga development projects ng mga mambabatas.

Ayon kay Senador Ping Lacson, hindi na kaya pa ng bansa na magsayang muli ng bilyun-bilyong pondo na unutilized funds dahil sa korapsyon na may kinalaman sa “pork.”

“Kailangan dumaan sa masusing pagpaplano. Maski mag-‘insert’ ka basta may consultation,” ani Lacson, na nakilala sa kanyang paghaharang sa bilyun-bilyong kwestyonableng proyekto sa taunang pagbubusisi sa national budget.

Related: Lacson: Lawmakers’ Pet Projects Should Undergo Planning, Consultation
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Lacson: Lawmakers’ Pet Projects Should Undergo Planning, Consultation

For 2022 and beyond, development projects being advocated by lawmakers should undergo at least proper planning and consultation with the proper local authorities as well as implementing agencies.

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson aired this hope as he said the country cannot afford to continue wasting hundreds of billions of pesos in unutilized funds in the budget due to “pork”-related corruption.

“Kailangan dumaan sa masusing pagpaplano. Maski mag-‘insert’ ka basta may consultation (Projects should go through thorough planning and consultation. Even if a project is ‘inserted’ into the National Expenditure Program, there is nothing wrong so long as it underwent the proper consultations),” said Lacson, who has flagged billions of pesos in questionable projects in his yearly scrutiny of the national budget.

Related: Ping: Pet Projects ng mga Mambabatas, Kailangang Dumaan sa Pagpaplano, Konsultasyon
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