Sen. Ping Lacson Scrutinized 2025 National Budget, To Seek Clarification
PING LACSON – The incoming Senator confirmed that he will investigate the budget allotment for “a very small barangay” and a “small town”.
Six (6) senatorial candidates in the 2025 Midterm Elections endorsed by the Marcos administration won the poll. One of them who are winning candidates from the senatorial slate of the Alyansa Para Sa Pagbabago is incoming Sen. Lacson.
The return of Lacson to the Senate came three (3) years after he loss in the 2022 presidential race. He is one of the incoming senators who believe that the impeachment case against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte cannot be dismissed without a trial.
Sen. Ping Lacson, on the impeachment case of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte, stressed that the prosecution has yet to present the evidence. He raised a question on what would be the basis of the dismissal of the impeachment case in case the Senate impeachment court rules to junk the case.
The remarks of Lacson came after Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero claimed that the Senate impeachment court can allegedly dismiss the case even without a trial through a simple majority vote. He previously stressed that there are no limitations as to what the Senate impeachment court can decide on.
Recently, incoming Sen. Ping Lacson disclosed that he has scrutinized the 2025 National Budget. Based on a report on Inquirer, the returning lawmaker claimed that the Philippine government has allegedly allotted multi-billion funds for “a very small barangay” and “a small town”.
According to Lacson, the government allegedly allotted P1.9 billion budget for “a very small barangay in a small town” and P10 billion for another small town. He stressed that the town only has 10,000 residents.
“Imagine a P10-billion appropriation for a small town with 10,000 residents. It is an inequitable distribution of the budget,” the returning lawmaker said.
Based on the report, incoming Sen. Ping Lacson claimed that he will seek clarification on the budget allotment of the said small barangay and small town. He stressed that the town is allegedly near a riverbank.
“What happened to the P10 billion appropriated to the small town? We saw that it is near a riverbank, but is it the only town with a riverbank? These appropriations are for flood control,” Lacson said.
Previously, incoming Sen. Ping Lacson also revealed that he will propose the banning of minors from using social media.