Lacson reschedules privilege speech on flood control scandal

Nag-reschedule si Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson ng kanyang privilege speech tungkol sa progress report ng Blue Ribbon committee sa flood control scandal. Walang paliwanag ang ibinigay para sa pagkakansela. Si dating Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson naman ay nagtanong sa pagpapaliban ng Senate inquiry at nagbanta ng direktang paglalahad sa publiko.

Sa Manila, nag-reschedule si Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson ng kanyang privilege speech na nakatakdang maging unang agenda kahapon. Ito ay tungkol sa progress report ng Blue Ribbon committee sa alegadong "trillion-peso" flood control scandal. Walang ibinigay na paliwanag para sa pagbabago ng petsa.

Si Luis “Chavit” Singson ay nagpahayag ng pagkadismaya sa press briefing kaugnay ng pagpapaliban ng Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing. Ayon sa kanya, handa siyang magpatestify noong March 16 ngunit nakatanggap ng sulat ng pagkansela noong umaga ng April 14 dahil daw walang formal affidavit. “I went there ready to testify, then at 9 a.m. we received a letter saying the hearing was canceled because no affidavit was submitted,” ani Singson.

Inakusahan niya si dating House speaker Martin Romualdez at President Marcos ng paglahok sa iregularidad, na sinasabing nangunguna ang executive branch. “The executive is involved. The executive is the mastermind,” pahayag niya. Binanggit din niya ang katahimikan ng Office of the Ombudsman at Department of Justice, na nagmumungkahi ng "agreement" sa kanyang pananaw.

Nagpakita rin si Singson ng rekords mula sa Department of Public Works and Highways na nagpapahiwatig ng mga "ghost" o substandard flood control projects sa Ilocos Norte. “We are being fooled,” aniya, habang hinikayat ang publiko na suriin ang isyu.

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Following his announcement earlier this week, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson delivered a chairman’s progress report on the Senate blue ribbon committee’s flood control probe on May 5, 2026, despite failing to secure enough votes for formal filing. He cited the public’s urgent demand for transparency on the flood control scandal, with only seven senators signing the report.

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