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Ping Lacson Starts Reviewing the Mangling of the 2025 Budget

Incoming Senator Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, together with his prospective staff, have started taking a deep dive into how the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or national budget was mangled, to prevent a possible similar butchering of the national budget bill for next year.

Lacson said they are reviewing how changes were made from the National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the versions of the budget bill in the House, Senate, and bicameral conference committee, all the way to the enrolled bill.

“We are juxtaposing the NEP, the House, Senate and bicameral versions of the bill, and the enrolled bill to see how the 2025 budget was mangled. We are looking at the NEP or President’s budget and what changes were made in the House version, the Senate version, and the bicam version,” he said in Filipino, in an interview on One News late Thursday.

In Filipino: Ping Lacson, Sinimulan ang Pag-Review sa Pagkalikot sa 2025 Budget

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Ping Lacson: Best Way Forward on VP Impeachment Trial is Crossover to 20th Congress

For incoming Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, the best way forward on the issue of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is to let it cross over to the 20th Congress, with the Senate acting as an impeachment court.

Lacson rejected the claim of a draft resolution traced to the office of Sen. Ronald dela Rosa that the Senate can declare a de facto dismissal of the impeachment case against the Vice President, saying only the Senate as an impeachment court can render a decision on the matter.

“There is no sense in the draft resolution calling for the de facto dismissal of the impeachment case against Vice President Duterte. Only the Senate as an impeachment court can render a decision on the matter, not the Senate as a legislative body, as the latter has no jurisdiction or legal authority to do so,” he stressed.

In Filipino: Ping Lacson: Pag-Crossover sa 20th Congress, Pinakamainam na Opsyon para sa VP Impeachment Trial

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Ping Lacson to Authorities: Recover and Return Ransom Money in Anson Que Kidnap-Slay

Authorities must not only recover – but also return – the ransom money in the kidnap-slay of Chinese Filipino trader Anson Que and his driver Armanie Pabillo, former Senator and Philippine National Police Chief and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed Tuesday.

Lacson said this will further help the PNP regain the trust and confidence of the public, especially the Chinese Filipino community.

He also pointed out the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) will have a key role in this since the ransom payment in recent cases has become more sophisticated and involves e-wallets.

“Recovering even a portion of the ransom money and returning the same to the victim’s family will further help the PNP regain the trust and confidence of the public,” he said on his X account.

“If you don’t recover the ransom money, yet you have arrested the suspects, what will the victim’s family and the Chinese Filipino community think? Where is the ransom money? There should be ransom recovered since you arrested the suspects,” he added in Filipino, in television interviews on One News and NET25.

Related: Ping Lacson sa Awtoridad: Bawiin at Isauli ang Ransom Money sa Anson Que Kidnap-Slay

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Lacson Wants Life In Prison For Espionage [One News]

From One News: Espionage should be met with life imprisonment, former senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday, Jan. 28. He added Commonwealth Act 616 or the espionage law of 1941 is “obsolete” and should be amended by Congress.

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Lacson To Continue Scrutinizing National Budget In Senate Comeback Bid [One News]

From One News: “Should I be given again the mandate to return to the Senate, I do not have to reinvent myself. I pledge to continue not availing of the pork barrel allocations in any shape or form. I will continue to be a vanguard of the annual national budget to the best of my ability,” Lacson said.

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