Lacson: Filipinos Saved P300-B in My 17 Years of Budget Scrutiny
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Lacson: Filipinos Saved P300-B in My 17 Years of Budget Scrutiny November 6, 2021 ( CARMONA, Cavite) - Seventeen years of scrutinizing the national budget has saved the Filipino people at least P300 billion, Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson disclosed Friday afternoon. Lacson, a watchdog of the national budget, said this amount in public funds could have been lost to corruption had he not kept his guard up. "Hindi sa pagmamayabang, kinwenta namin ang natipid ng bansang Pilipinas. Hindi ko akalain sa loob ng 17 taon na ako senador ng Pilipinas, umabot sa P300 bilyon ang natipid ng mamamayang Pilipino (I am not bragging but the Filipino people saved some P300 billion in the 17 years I had been scrutinizing the budget. Even I did not quite expect the amount to be that big)," the Partido Reporma standard bearer said before a gathering here. He noted this scrutiny has been done at all levels - from the committee to the plenary to the bicameral conference committee. Lacson, w...