{"id":18574,"date":"2026-02-03T01:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18574"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:14:01","slug":"lacson-threats-to-senate-leadership-a-continuing-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/lacson-threats-to-senate-leadership-a-continuing-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"LACSON: \u2018THREATS\u2019 TO SENATE LEADERSHIP A \u2018CONTINUING CRIME\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SENATE President Pro Tempore Panfilo &#8220;Ping&#8221; M. Lacson on Monday said the threats to the Senate leadership have been a \u201ccontinuing crime&#8221; since time immemorial. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lacson issued the statement after posts on social media over the weekend hinted at such a change, supposedly stemming from the &#8220;dissatisfaction&#8221; with the current Senate leadership under Senate President Vicente Sotto III.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;An emerging threat to the Senate leadership? Let\u2019s put it this way &#8211; like rebellion, the threat against the Senate presidency is a &#8216;continuing crime&#8217; since time immemorial,&#8221; the senator said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Over the weekend, social media posts claimed there would be a leadership change in the Senate, with some of those in the majority switching sides.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In October last year, Lacson dismissed similar talks as an &#8220;old rehashed psywar tactic&#8221; intended to &#8220;confuse and sow intrigue&#8221; among members of the majority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SENATE President Pro Tempore Panfilo &ldquo;Ping&rdquo; M. Lacson on Monday said the threats to the Senate leadership have been a &ldquo;continuing crime&rdquo; since time immemorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not.jpg",600,400,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/senate-not-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/national\/\" rel=\"category tag\">National<\/a>","tag_info":"National","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18576,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574\/revisions\/18576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}