Lacson magbibigay ng progress report sa flood probe sa Senado

Magbibigay ng 'Chairman’s Progress Report' si Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson tungkol sa flood control scandal bilang privilege speech kapag nagbabalik sesyon ang Senado. Ayon sa kanyang pahayag sa dzMM, maaaring ipahayag ito bukas o Martes at maglalaman ng mga bagong ebidensya. Binansagan niyang mas malala ito kaysa pork barrel scam.

Sa panayam sa dzMM noong nakaraang araw, sinabi ni Lacson na kailangan niyang i-update ang publiko pagkatapos ng pitong hanggang walong hearings ng Blue Ribbon committee. “As Blue Ribbon chairman, I owe it to the Filipino people to update them on what happened... especially because there are false narratives being spread that we are covering up for some persons and targeting others,” aniya.

Ang kanyang partial report ay hindi pa naipapahayag dahil kulang sa suporta; lamang anim na senador ang pumirma, kabilang siya at Senate President Vicente Sotto III. Kailangan ng siyam na pirma mula sa 17 miyembro para ma-report ito sa plenaryo. Pumirma rin sina Erwin Tulfo, Risa Hontiveros, Kiko Pangilinan at Bam Aquino, ngunit umatras sina Juan Miguel Zubiri, Sherwin Gatchalian at JV Ejercito.

Pinuna ni Lacson ang pahayag ni Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano na nagsabing dapat ang 'whole and bigger picture' sa halip na partial report. “Why so much fuss about the partial [report] when we have the opportunity to have the whole and bigger picture?” wika ni Cayetano. Inirekomenda rin ang imbestigasyon laban kina Francis Escudero, Jinggoy Estrada at Joel Villanueva, pati na sina Ramon Revilla Jr., Zaldy Co at Mitch Cajayon-Uy.

“Our people are angry and will not forget the issue. It will take decades before the issue is gone from the public’s memory,” dagdag ni Lacson.

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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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