To prove they are not above the law, Partido Reporma chairman and standard bearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III revealed Thursday that they have received tickets and paid fines for overspeeding – one after the other on the Skyway.
“Minsan nag-drive ako, napasarap ako mag-drive, medyo na-ano ko ‘yung speed limit. Sa ano ‘to, sa Skyway…So, hinuli ako, pinara ako. Alam mo ang sabi sa akin? ‘Pangalawa na po kayong nahuli namin dito. Ang una po si Senate President Sotto,’” Lacson revealed in the weekly “Meet the Press” Forum on Thursday.
[One time I was driving, I was enjoying my drive, and I went over the speed limit. This was on the Skyway. So I was caught, I was hailed. You know what they said to me? ‘You’re the second person we’ve apprehended here. The first was Senate President Sotto.]
The leading tandem accepted the tickets and fines because they admitted their mistakes, Lacson said.
“Dapat ganoon ang attitude, hindi ‘yung mali ka na, nagmamagaling ka pa, magpapakilala ka pa, tapos sasabihin mo ‘hindi mo ako pwedeng hulihin… Over time nawalan na tayo ng disiplina, kasi nga ‘yung feeling of entitlement, ano. Whether you’re a public official or not, dapat sumunod tayo,” the longtime public servant said.
[Our attitude should be like that, not when you’re already wrong but you’re insisting you’re right, and introduce yourself (as an important person) then say ‘You can’t catch me.’ Over time, we’ve lost that discipline because of our feeling of entitlement. Whether you’re a public official or not, we should follow the law.]
The veteran lawmakers’ attitudes were praised by Partido Reporma senatorial candidates Guillermo Eleazar and Monsour del Rosario, who also attended the “Meet the Press” online gathering.
“Tama po ‘yon, para sa akin the certainty na hindi lang pulis o sino man na ‘pag siya ay nag-violate ng batas ay mahuhuli siya at siya ay mananagot. Napakalaking bagay po ‘yon,” Eleazar, a former national police chief like Lacson, said.
[That is correct, for me the certainty that whether you’re a policeman or whoever, when you violate the law, you will be caught and be penalized. That is a big deal.]
“Kaya nga, iba na mismong ang nasa taas ang nagpapatupad nito at ‘yon ang ating inaasahan, kung sakali man po, na mabigyan ng pagkakataon na ang Partido Reporma, ang atin pong Senator Ping Lacson ang mauupo with Tito Sotto,” Eleazar added.
[That’s why it’s different when the person on top, who will implement the law, is someone reliable, and I hope we give this chance (to lead) to the Partido Reporma, to our Senator Ping Lacson who would sit (as president) with Tito Sotto.]
Del Rosario, the former congressman, actor and martial artist, agreed with Eleazar and said it was why he was solidly behind the reform advocacies of Partido Reporma and the Lacson-Sotto duo.
Lacson, Sotto admit getting speeding tickets on Skyway
Source: Philippines Clips
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