Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson (INQUIRER file photograph)
MANILA, Philippines— Former Senator Panfilo Lacson stated he’s saddened by the quarrel of two incumbent senators over the brand new Senate constructing in Taguig Metropolis.
It was “painful to look at,” in response to Lacson, referring to the bitter alternate between Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Nancy Binay.
Cayetano and Binay traded barbs final Wednesday because the Senate committee on accounts started its overview of the price of the constructing.
Each Lacson and Binay beforehand chaired the committee.
The panel is at present headed by Cayetano following a change in Senate management final Might.
“Whereas the general public listening to performed by the Committee on Accounts is an accurate name by the current Senate management because the subject entails public funds, the following alternate between two former colleagues final Wednesday was painful to look at, to say the least,” Lacson stated in a press release on Wednesday.
When he was the pinnacle of the committee, Lacson envisioned the new Senate residence to be “world-class” and “iconic.”
However he’s now saddened that it’s now perceived “as one other image of presidency abuse of public funds.”
“Whereas a century-old dream for the Philippines Senate to lastly have its own residence, one that’s iconic, safe, purposeful and inexperienced is about to come back to fruition, it’s unhappy that it’s now perceived, rightly or wrongly, as one other image of presidency abuse of public funds,” Lacson stated.
Senate President Francis Escudero ordered the overview of the undertaking after studying that the price range for its building has already ballooned to P23 billion from the unique P8.9 billion.
Escudero requested a gathering with Lacson and former Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III to debate his plan to overview the undertaking.
After that assembly, Lacson stated he contacted Cayetano and steered to get a briefing first from the Senate Coordination Crew concerning the standing and different particulars of the undertaking.
Lacson stated he additionally steered that Cayetano and Binay ought to meet and discuss “some doable points pertaining to the continuing building.”
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“My supply to mediate was really a request from Sen. Nancy after she visited me in my workplace with my two former workers who now work in her workplace. Sen. Alan really agreed to each though the assembly has but to be scheduled,” he stated.
