ANI Zooms with Sen. Ping Lacson Last Thursday, Aug. 5, the Advocates for National Interest (ANI) had a conversation via Zoom with Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, chair of the Senate committee on national defense and security, and an avowed candidate for the presidency. (No official declaration so far.) In hosting this dialogue, Ed Adan, chair of ANI, declared that the objective is to provide our friends and colleagues with an opportunity to hear his views on various issues particularly those affecting national security. He added that it is ANI’s intention to host similar dialogues with other candidates running for national office in order to provide our electorate with current and accurate information on the positions being held by candidates with respect to the issues of concern with the Filipino voter. Most of the participants were retired military and police officers and so, a number of topics discussed had to do with welfare matters. We have some excerpts from the exchange ...