Presidential aspirant and Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson with his running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III challenged voters to look for a more determined tandem that will fight corruption better than them.

“Ang challenge lang namin: Find us a tandem na mas determined kaysa sa aming dalawa to address the issue ng corruption based on track record, based on what we have done already, and then probably baka magbago ang isip namin, baka sila ang iboto namin”, Lacson said during a press conference.

While the country continues to face big problems amid the pandemic, Lacson takes on corruption issues of ‘kotong’ especially in government projects, transactions between Filipinos and government agencies.

“Pero this time around, sa laki ng hinaharap nating problema, ‘pag ang isyu talaga corruption, ‘yung mga malalaking kotong, lalo na doon sa mga proyekto ng gobyerno, ‘yung pang-araw-araw na pakikipag-transact ng ating mga kababayan sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno, ‘yan talagang i-a-address namin ‘yan at pwede namin talaga ipangako sa inyo na walang kakurap-kurap na kaya naming gawin kasi ginagawa namin,” he said.

Lacson and Sotto made a promise not to be involved in any form of corruption because they have already overcome and rejected temptations.

“Kami sa liderato ni Senate President, ano, marami kaming mga napagdaanan na mga tukso at ito ay pinaglabanan namin at sabihin natin talagang nakayanan naming labanan,” he added.

Initially, last October, Lacson stated that the return of “kotong,” or day-to-day corruption, is one of the reasons why the government and the public cannot turn a blind eye to corruption.

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