The former head of the Cybercrime Division of the National Bureau of Investigation has joined Partido Reporma as its newest leader for the province of Batanes.
Cybercrime expert Ronald Aguto Jr. was sworn in by Partido Reporma President and Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez as the party’s newest member and leader for the province of Batanes.
Aguto is running for congressman of the lone district of Batanes.
He vowed to push for Partido Reporma’s advocacies for good governance and reform in the country’s northernmost province, while rallying support for party chairman and standard bearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and his running mate Vicente “Tito” Sotto III.
Meanwhile, Lacson appealed to the electorate to respect the sanctity of their votes as the 2022 election season heats up with the political landscape getting more intense yet uncertain at the same time.
He called on Filipinos to think about the future generation when they troop to the polls on May 9 next year to cast their “sacred” votes.
He also addressed a similar appeal to other personalities involved in the 2022 polls to give the same level of respect to the elective positions they are seeking and not make a mockery out of this democratic political exercise.
“Voting is not the only thing that is sacred, but running for a public office as well. Let us not play with it because we are the ones who will suffer but the next generation,” said Lacson.
“Let us look at our children, look at our grandchildren. What kind of future is waiting for them if we are going to choose the wrong person again?” he added.
At the core of his campaign agenda is the Budget Reform Advocacy for Village Empowerment (BRAVE), which aims to overhaul the national budget process with the end goal of insulating public funds from any kind of unbridled corruption in all levels of the bureaucracy.
Lacson plans to devolve government funds and spread it across smaller communities nationwide to spur inclusive social and economic development projects, thus ending the so-called “culture of mendicancy” among Filipinos.
