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Lacson to Executive Branch: Protect Education Sector’s Budget, Uphold the Constitution

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson pressed the Executive Department Monday to guard the education sector’s budget from a repeat of last year’s congressional “miracle” where it was overtaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in violation of the Constitution.

Lacson warned the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) not to become an “accessory” again to the potential violation of the 1987 Constitution.

“You need to remind legislators not to realign too much because we may be violating the Constitution. When you potentially violate the Constitution, that’s a major, major, major issue,” he told Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman in Filipino, at the briefing by the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC).

In Filipino: Lacson sa Ehekutibo: Protektahan ang Badyet ng Edukasyon, Panindigan ang Konstitusyon

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Ping Lacson to Make Sure Education Won’t be Denied Top Priority in Budget

Education will not be denied the top priority in the national budget as mandated in the 1987 Constitution, and Senate re-electionist Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson will make sure of that.

Lacson said in a television interview Thursday that this becomes more urgent in the wake of findings from the Department of Education that more than 18 million Filipinos may be functionally illiterate.

“I will make sure that the Constitution will be followed as far as giving the education sector top priority in the budget is concerned,” he said in Filipino in an interview on NET25.

Related: Ping Lacson, Sisiguraduhin na Hindi Masingitan ang Edukasyon sa Budget

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Ping Lacson to Make Free Tertiary Education Act More Accessible to Poor Students

Should he earn a seat in the Senate in May, independent senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson wants to revisit and review the Free Tertiary Education Act of 2017 to make it more accessible, especially to students from poor families.

Lacson said that during the campaign period, he learned of problems with the implementation of the law, including the Commission on Higher Education’s requirement for parents of scholars to pay tuition first and wait for a rebate.

“As we went around the country during the 90-day campaign, we saw problems in the implementation of the law. One is the requirement for some parents to give advance payments, and wait for the rebate. In some cases the CHED is delayed in paying the rebate. In other cases, the rebates do not come at all,” he said.

“This is wrong. The scholarship should be available and the parents should not be made to give advance payments. We should revisit this law in the Senate in the exercise of oversight,” he added.

Related: Ping Lacson, Gagawing Mas Abot-Kaya sa Mahihirap ang Free Tertiary Education Act

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Ping Lacson to Revisit Free Tertiary Education Act to Streamline Its Procedures

Should he earn a Senate seat in May, former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson plans to revisit the Free Tertiary Education Act to streamline its procedures, after receiving information that applicants are having difficulty meeting the requirements for it.

Lacson, whose scrutiny of the national budget triggered the initial funding for the law, said the procedures may need to be simplified so that poor but deserving students will not be denied an opportunity for free education.

“We will revisit the Free Tertiary Education Act and streamline it if needed. If the information is true that many requirements are imposed on applicants, it indicates the program does not want beneficiaries. The requirements may need to be simplified,” he said in a recent interview with vloggers in Pangasinan, when told about the issue.

“The law decrees that it be simple. Could it be that the implementing rules are complicated? We must revisit it and if needed, make the needed amendments. So we will visit the Free Tertiary Education Act,” he added.

Related: Ping Lacson, Ire-revisit ang Free Tertiary Education Act para Ma-Streamline ang Proseso

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Ping Lacson to Ensure Sufficient Budget for School Programs, Teachers’ Allowances

Public schools and teachers can be assured of sufficient funding for their various needs, should former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson earn a Senate seat in May.

Lacson said he will move to augment the appropriations for programs like school nutrition as well as teachers’ allowances in the national budget – as he has done every year while in the Senate.

“When I was in the Senate, I would augment their funding in the budget deliberations. This is consistently every year,” he said.

Related: Ping Lacson, Titiyakin ang Sapat na Budget para sa School Programs at Allowance ng Guro

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