LACSON TO PRESIDENT MARCOS: WE HAVE YOUR BACK VS FLOOD CONTROL PROFITEERS

We have your back, Sir.

This was the statement of Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson as he assured President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Sunday of his and his staff’s resolve to expose and gather evidence against greedy profiteers, including those behind anomalous flood control projects.

“We feel you, Mr. President. You have given me and my team the firm resolve to do our part in exposing, even compiling solid evidence to nail these ‘greedy flood-control profiteers’ and their cohorts both in the public and private sectors. We have your back, Sir,” Lacson said in a post on X.

The President, in a teaser video for his podcast Saturday night, appeared teary-eyed and said this was because he was “very upset” about Filipinos who are having a hard time while the greedy ones profit.

According to the President, ordinary Filipinos work very hard for their families yet suffer. “Mabuti kung masamang tao yan, dapat parusahan. Hindi naman. Walang ginawa iyan kundi magtrabaho, kundi mahalin ang pamilya. Ba’t mo paparusahan? Para magpayaman ka? That makes no sense to me,” he said.

Last Aug. 20, Lacson delivered a privilege speech detailing the corruption behind substandard and ghost flood projects. He credited the President’s “Mahiya naman kayo” pronouncement to lawmakers involved in corruption, as well as the setting up of the Sumbong sa Pangulo website to make public the status of flood control projects nationwide.

Over the weekend, Lacson said he is willing to furnish the new DPWH leadership with “damning evidence” against the department’s “rotten fruits.”

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, Lacson is to follow up on his revelations about the corruption behind substandard and ghost flood control projects in another privilege speech.