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Lacson Pushes Boost for Ombudsman 2027 Budget, Expanded Fiscal Autonomy

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson is pushing for a higher 2027 budget and expanded fiscal autonomy for the Office of the Ombudsman similar to the Judiciary Fiscal Autonomy Act (RA 12233), while proposing that a portion of funds restituted to the national government in corruption cases including the flood control scandal be earmarked to augment the agency’s budget.

Lacson raised these proposals Thursday morning during the Senate finance committee’s hearing tackling the Office of the Ombudsman’s proposed budget for 2027.

In Filipino: Lacson, Isinusulong ang Dagdag-Badyet, Pinalawak na Fiscal Autonomy para sa Ombudsman

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Lacson: Why Not Defund Persistently Nonperforming GOCCs?

Why not defund persistently nonperforming government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) instead of merely reducing their subsidies, so the government can maximize its limited resources?

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson raised this possibility Thursday as he asked the government’s economic managers about their policy on GOCCs that still receive subsidies every year despite persistently generating no revenues or providing little or no apparent benefit.

In Filipino: Lacson: Bakit Hindi I-Defund ang mga Patuloy na Nonperforming GOCC?

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Lacson to DBM: How Can We Call Budget Preparation ‘Execution-Ready’ When It Has Lump Sums?

How can we call the preparation of the national budget “execution-ready” when it allows appropriations for “blank” items, or those lacking key details?

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson posed this question Thursday to the Department of Budget and Management in response to the statement of DBM Secretary Kim Robert de Leon that the 2027 budget is execution-ready.

In Filipino: Lacson sa DBM: Bakit Tinawag na ‘Execution-Ready’ ang Budget Preparation Kung May Lump Sums?

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Lacson Backs DBM Budget Transparency Efforts, Pushes Stronger Digital Tracking

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson voiced support for the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)’s platform to make the national budget transparent and accessible to the public, even as he offered suggestions to strengthen them.

Lacson, an eagle-eyed watchdog of the national budget, particularly inquired on whether the DBM has the technology to track changes in the crafting of the national budget, including proponents of amendments.

“Is there any current technology available to keep your system transparent yet secure, to enable us in both houses of Congress to track movements of the budget, from what is provided by the National Expenditure Program and going forward, to track who proposed which amendments to the General Appropriations Act?” he said in a mix of English and FIlipino at the briefing of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC).

In Filipino: Lacson Suporta ang Inisyatiba ng DBM para sa Budget Transparency, Itinulak ang Mas Malakas na Digital Tracking

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Lacson Red-Flags P51.82B ‘Distinct’ Insertions in 2026 NEP, Pushes Realignment

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Tuesday flagged at least P51.82 billion worth of vague, “distinct” insertions in the 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP), and is targeting them for realignment to programs consistent with the Philippine Medium-Term Development Plan.

Lacson said these flagged items are for flood management programs for Metro Manila and Regions 1 (Ilocos), 2 (Cagayan Valley), and 3 (Central Luzon).

He said he and Senate finance committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian have agreed to remove funding for these dubious projects in favor of more worthy ones.

“Sen. Gatchalian and I want to remove these vague entries in the NEP. It seems those who inserted these items plan to make them ghost projects. We could not identify who inserted them,” he said in Filipino in an interview on DZRH radio.

“When we amend the budget bill, we intend to realign these items to those in accordance with the Philippine medium term development plan and in coordination and consultation with the Department of Budget and Management and Department of Public Works and Highways so our amendments will be aligned with the direction that the national government wants to take. Our plan is to remove these items because they are too vague,” he added.

In Filipino: Lacson, Pinuna ang P51.2B ‘Distinct’ Insertions sa 2026 NEP

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