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Be watchdogs of the budget, Lacson tells senatorial bets

Joel E. ZurbanobyJoel E. Zurbano
December 5, 2021, 12:40 am
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Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson has asked his senatorial bets, if elected, to be watchdogs of the national budget, a title he earned during his Senate days.

Lacson said the task of making sure the public’s funds are used properly has never become more important as now, with a pandemic affecting the economy and a national debt threatening to reach P13.42 trillion by June 2022.

“I hope you carry the torch. Our national budget is the nation’s lifeblood. If we allow the budget to fall prey to corruption and incompetence, it is not only us who will suffer but also our children and grandchildren. This early we should wake up to the problem because the budget is funded by our own taxes,” he told senatorial candidates Raffy Tulfo, Guillermo Eleazar, and Minguita Padilla.

“It is better that you win so you can carry on my fight,” he added.

During his terms as senator from 2001-2013 and 2016-2022, Lacson has been an eagle-eyed watchdog of the budget, flagging questionable appropriations and making sure they are realigned to crucial programs, activities and projects.

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Eleazar and Padilla, like Lacson, are running under Partido Reporma while Tulfo is a guest candidate of the Lacson-Sotto tandem.

They accompanied him during his visit to Cavite on Friday along with

Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who is running for vice president under the Nationalist People’s Coalition.

Lacson said with the national debt threatening to reach P13.42 trillion by next June, each of the country’s 111 million Filipinos—even newborns—now owes P121,000.

“It would have been better if we wisely invested the funds from our national debt on infrastructure, health, and livelihoods,” Lacson said.

Tags: Guillermo EleazarMinguita PadillaNational BudgetPanfilo LacsonRaffy Tulfosenatorial bets
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