LACSON SUPPORTS BIR, BOC PROBE ON COVID SUPPLIERS
LACSON SUPPORTS BIR, BOC PROBE ON COVID SUPPLIERS
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On the BIR Probe of 45 Suppliers that Bagged Contracts from PS-DBM
On the BIR Probe of 45 Suppliers that Bagged Contracts from PS-DBM November 11, 2021 - Whatever comes out of the subsequent criminal and administrative investigations being undertaken by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the prosecutors, one thing is clear: Contrary to the President's earlier assertions, Senate inquiries definitely serve the purpose of making those abusing public funds accountable and liable for their misdeeds - not to mention the laws that may be crafted thereafter. Both the BIR and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) should pursue their mandate under existing laws to run after all the shenanigans and their co-conspirators in government. That said, it remains to be seen how the Executive Department will act on the findings of the investigation. *********
A PRAYER FOR THE 2022 PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
A PRAYER FOR THE 2022 PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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Lacson: Time to Devolve Procurement, Project Implementation Functions to LGUs
Lacson: Time to Devolve Procurement, Project Implementation Functions to LGUs November 10, 2021 - To prevent corruption and underutilization of the national budget, it is high time that the government devolve its procurement of supplies and implementation of projects to the local government units, Sen. Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson said Wednesday. Lacson said national agencies have shown bad procurement decisions, including the transfer of P42 billion to the Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service - which in turn allowed shady firms such as Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. to bag multibillion-peso contracts despite lack of qualifications. "Why don’t we devolve the procurement of medicines, drugs and other items? It's about time. Time and again we have witnessed bad procurement by the DOH and other line agencies," he said at the Senate deliberation on the P5.024-trillion budget for 2022. Lacson, who champions the empowerment of LGUs as they are...
On the Slash in the NTF-ELCAC's 2022 Budget
On the Slash in the NTF-ELCAC's 2022 Budget November 9, 2021 - Use it or lose it, as former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno once said. Misused funds are far worse than unused appropriations. If the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee himself asserts that those entrusted to utilize the NTF-ELCAC funds cannot even provide the details on how they spent the same, they have no business asking for more. That being said, not only do I support the slash in the NTF-ELCAC's proposed budget for 2022, if such misuse was indeed committed - the officials concerned must be made accountable, if not criminally liable. *********
Lacson Withdraws Death Penalty Bill
Lacson Withdraws Death Penalty Bill November 9, 2021 - Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson withdrew this week his authorship of the Senate bill seeking to reinstitute the death penalty for heinous crimes. In a letter to Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Villarica, Lacson also requested that his bill, Senate Bill 27, no longer be considered for deliberation by the Senate panels concerned. Last week, Lacson withdrew his support for the death penalty for heinous crimes, saying it is better to spare the life of a criminal than to wrongly execute an innocent person. "Mas mainam na ang guilty ikulong habang buhay sa halip na inosente ma-execute dahil sa pagkakamali (Better that the guilty be imprisoned for life than to have innocents executed because of a wrong judgment)," he said. He also pushed for life imprisonment and penal reforms as a better alternative, even as he supported Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III's suggestion to confine drug lords in a "s...