MERGED: Ping LACSON

[Rance]

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Naa na ra bay naka daug sa lotto.. did you guys see what Sen Lacson referring to what he call the primetime smear job? what was the tv ads all about?

[Rance]

wala nay action si Sir Lacson sa senado? nahilum naman lagi.

[cebu1029]

hilum sa si ping. he knows that the people are tired of these ZTE scandal! si cayetano man lang sige tabe diha!

[Ferl]

naa man gud ambisyon ang bayot sa pagka presidentia...ahehe

[Rance]

mingaw naman lagi sila.. naay balita diha?
[br]Posted on: May 07, 2008, 06:11:29 AM_________________________________________________Ping lashes at Alan over ZTE comments
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/...80505met1.html

SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Sunday rapped Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano for declaring that he would come out with a report on the aborted $329-million national broadband network (NBN) scandal even before members of the Senate blue ribbon committee could meet and discuss the matter.

“The procedure I know is that a committee will meet to discuss a report, but there has been no such meeting. The chairman is not the committee. A committee includes members. The NBN is a sensitive issue that should be discussed by the entire committee,” Lacson said in a radio interview over dzBB.

Cayetano had already clarified that he might come out with a preliminary report within two weeks, not a final report, which would mean the investigation had already been concluded.

Meanwhile, Lacson stressed that he would block any final report during this stage of the committee investigation.

“Before, I did not give much attention to committee reports because then, their impacts were not as strong as this one (on NBN),” he explained.

Lacson also expressed impatience that Cayetano, chairman of the blue ribbon, has not conducted any hearing on the NBN deal with ZTE, China’s biggest telecommunications firm, while the Senate appeal of the Supreme Court ruling on the case of former Secretary Romulo Neri is pending.

He said that the blue ribbon has a pending subpoena for Ruben Reyes, an alleged member of the Filipino group led by former Commissions on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos, that had reportedly facilitated the awarding of the NBN contract to ZTE.

“We have done nothing. We have pending subpoenas and we can compel Ruben Reyes to testify. Why is he not being summoned? If he does not want to appear, we have the power to cite him in contempt,” Lacson said.

He criticized the conduct of the NBN investigation as one that seems to be waiting for raindrops.

“We could also ask former Speaker Jose de Venecia and officials of ZTE [to testify]. The Supreme Court is not yet over and it is possible that it might approve our motion for reconsideration,” he said.

The Senate has appealed the SC ruling that the Senate could not compel Neri to testify and that it erred in conducting investigations in aid of legislation without first publishing its rules.

The Senate panel of lawyers is expected to submit additional arguments this Monday, and the high tribunal’s decision on the appeal might come out within two weeks.

“If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Senate, that, in effect, orders the Senate to resolve the issue. If we will not continue with the public hearings on NBN despite favorable SC ruling, we will be remiss in our duties and it would obviously appear that Malacañang had talked with us on this,” Lacson said.

He had earlier expressed disapproval of Cayetano’s statement that was taken to mean there was no direct evidence linking President Arroyo to the NBN deal. Malacañang and its supporters had since capitalized on this statement to downplay any presidential complicity and involvement in the controversial national broadband deal.

Lacson said that he believes Cayetano’s statement meant there was no direct testimony, not direct evidence, linking Malacañang to the broadband deal.

“That’s what happens when one speaks without carefully weighing one’s words,” he said.

[pxguy2]

mao jud. angay na ibistigahan ug balik

[cebu-future]

Bading siguro ni si Ping oi kay siya man karon ang model sa usa ka facial product?hehehe

[Rance]

naa nasad new graduate sa Ping Academy?

[hacxcena]

Salbahis man gyud na si LACSON...

[LytSlpr]

Sun.Star Network Online - Lacson hits 'hidden' insertions in national budget

Lacson is at it again but this time he will stand to lose. He is only good at spying, political scandals and exposes, media bombshells but for a senate investigation, congressional inquiry, etc. he cannot endure those types of ballgame.