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Lacson's speech vs Erap to have ‘part 2’ next week


Senator Panfilo Lacson’s scathing privilege speech against his former boss, deposed President Joseph Estrada, will have a second part next week. “Chapter one lang kasi hindi puwedeng i-compress. Pag binuo ko ‘yung kabuuan ay masyadong mahaba kaya ni-limit ko muna sa isang topic at sa susunod na Lunes o Martes ay itutuloy ko yung second part," Lacson told reporters Monday. (I couldn’t compress the topics into one speech so I limited my speech today to just certain information. I will deliver the second part of my speech either Monday or Tuesday next week.) In Monday's speech, Lacson enumerated Estrada’s alleged abuses during his short-lived presidency, including protecting illegal gambling operators and tolerating smuggling activities. Lacson refused to divulge the contents of his second privilege speech. “Ang assurance ko lang ay puro totoo ang sasabihin ko dito kaya wala dapat ipangamba na magagawa-gawaan ako ng istorya (I can assure that it will be based on the truth. I’m not making up stories here)," he said. Lacson, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) during the Estrada presidency, said he had been approached by emissaries from three personalities to ask him to postpone Monday's speech. He did not give names. “Merong nagpapasabi kung puwedeng mag-reconsider o i-postpone muna at magkausap muna pero pinasabi ko na rin na hindi ko na rin ito mai-aatras dahil marami na ring nage-expect na i-deliver ko itong speech (I declined their appeal because many were expecting me to deliver the speech)," he said. Lacson also shrugged off the privilege speech that Senate Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy" Estrada will deliver on Tuesday to counter his claims against the elder Estrada. The younger Estrada said Monday that he did not interpellate Lacson because he does not want to dignify his speech. “Nothing personal. I will answer all his (Lacson) accusations point by point," Jinggoy said, adding that he has to take the cudgels for his father since the former president has no privilege to speak before the Senate. Jinggoy challenged Lacson to bring the issue out of the Senate and into the court. “I think he’s hiding under the cloak of parliamentary immunity. I challenge Senator Lacson to file a case against my father in court," he said. - GMANews.TV

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