Goodbye and rest now Chairman Chito Gascon. Thank you for always expressing your appreciation when we were working together on the CHR budget. Our cooperation was totally apolitical, based only on your agency’s priorities and needs.
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Tag: CHR
Sen. Lacson sponsored the budget of the Commission on Human Rights for 2021, amounting to P907.098 million. This includes P39M for the Human Rights Violation Victims Memorial Commission.
In an interview on DZBB/GMA News TV, Sen. Lacson answered questions on the Anti-Terrorism Law:
* active role of the Commission on Human Rights in the Anti-Terror Law [10:31]
* encouraging the filing of petitions on the Anti-Terrorism Law to boost public discussion [14:48]
QUOTES and NOTES:
Continue reading “#PINGterview: CHR, May Mahalagang Papel sa Anti-Terrorism Law”
In a virtual forum, Sen. Lacson answered questions on the Anti-Terrorism Bill:
* provisions on terrorist financing
* misconceptions about Anti-Terrorism Council
* safeguards vs wrongful arrest/detention
QUOTES and NOTES:
Continue reading “#PINGterview: Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum | June 17, 2020”
Sen. Lacson sponsored the 2020 budget of the Commission on Human Rights amounting to P863.138 million. This included P830 million for the Human Rights proper and P32.8 million for the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission.
Lacson noted the CHR needs at least 152 lawyers nationwide as it has only three lawyers per region. He also corrected impressions the CHR was silent on the abuse of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA).
Meanwhile, Lacson sponsored as well the 2020 budgets of the Mindanao Development Authority, Presidential Legislative Liaison Office, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, and Southern Philippines Development Authority.
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Sen. Lacson chaired the hearings for the budgets of the Commission on Human Rights and the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office for 2020. He heads the Senate finance subcommittee tackling the budgets of the two agencies.
QUOTES and NOTES:
Continue reading “Sen. Lacson Chairs the 2020 Budget Hearings for the CHR and PLLO”
We have a functioning criminal justice system that deals adequately with erring law enforcers.
We regularly provide our Commission on Human Rights the budget they need to perform their mandate.
Obviously, we can manage without the intervention of the UN Human Rights Council.
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Sen. Lacson sponsored the 2019 budgets of the following agencies during the Senate’s deliberation of the P3.7-trillion budget for 2019:
* Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: P31.117 billion
* Commission on Human Rights: P826.196 million; including P31.498 million for the CHR’s Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission
* Mindanao Development Authority: P159.25 million
* Southern Philippines Development Authority: P265.468 million
* National Commission on Muslim Filipinos: P793.457 million
* Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process: P688.659 million; funding request for the PAMANA infrastructure project was disapproved at the committee level
Continue reading “Sponsorship of 2019 Budgets for ARMM, CHR, MinDA, SPDA, NCMF, OPAPP”
Sen. Lacson chaired the Senate budget hearings for the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office and the Commission on Human Rights. At the hearing, he voiced support for the CHR’s efforts to set up 3 regional offices, and to make human rights transformational. “Stay relevant, stay focused and be more objective,” he advised the CHR.
In an interview, Sen. Lacson answers questions on:
– possible cover-up in the hazing of Horacio Castillo III
– SWS survey on killings in anti-drug operations
– CHR budget for 2018
Quotes from the interview… Continue reading “#PingSays: On possible cover-up in ‘Atio’ Castillo hazing, anti-drug war, CHR budget for 2018 | Sept. 27, 2017”
“I’m confident may numbers to retain the P678M (CHR budget) so bakbakan sa bicam. Kung magkaroon ng deadlock we will have a reenacted budget.”
In an interview on DWIZ, Sen. Lacson answered questions on:
– The CHR’s slashed budget
– Why the CHR is ‘needed’
Quotes from the interview… Continue reading “Interview on DWIZ | Sept. 14, 2017”
In an interview, Sen. Lacson answered questions on:
– CHR’s budget
– Barangay and SK elections postponement
Quotes from the interview… Continue reading “#PingSays: On the CHR’s budget and reported restrictions on PNP spot reports | Sept. 13, 2017”
In an interiew on DZMM, Sen. Lacson answered questions on:
– Restoring the CHR’s slashed budget
– Postponement of barangay/SK elections
– Senate committees as collegial bodies
– Corruption in the BOC
Quotes from the interview… Continue reading “Interview on DZMM | Sept. 13, 2017”
678M CHR budget reduced to 1K but House version of 2018 nat'l budget stays at 3.767T. It's interesting to find out how the 677M was chopped.
— PING LACSON (@iampinglacson) September 12, 2017
Continue reading “#PingTweets: On the slashing of the Commission on Human Rights’ budget”