Sen. Panfilo Lacson will reassume chairmanship of the Blue Ribbon committee to resume his flood control inquiry, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said yesterday.
‘Lacson will return as Blue Ribbon chair, 100 percent,’ Sotto told One PH.
Due to public clamor, Sotto said Lacson changed his mind about his resignation.
‘He still has unfinished business. The clamor for him to return, both by the public and our colleagues in the Senate, has apparently reached him. At this point, I think it’s a yes,’ he added.
Lacson will return to complement the probes initiated by the Independent Commission for Infrastructure and Department of Justice, Sotto said.
A Senate caucus will be held after the Undas break to finalize Lacson’s return when session resumes on Nov. 10, he noted.
In his Oct. 7 resignation letter, Lacson said some of his colleagues were disappointed with the inquiry, which implicated senators and House lawmakers in alleged kickbacks in ghost or substandard flood control projects.
State officials, contractors and engineers have been implicated in anomalous infrastructure deals and budget insertions.