Lacson's role in Senate probe clarified

WE wish to set the record straight regarding The Manila Times editorial of Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 ("Senate probe could harm public interests"), where it tried to link politics to Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson's participation in the ongoing Senate probe into irregularities in the government's procurement of medical supplies to deal with the pandemic.

First, Senator Lacson has been actively participating in investigations involving corruption and other wrongdoing long before now, and the records will bear this out. This is because he does not want taxpayers' money to go to waste, especially now in a pandemic where ordinary Filipinos are suffering in terms of health and the economy.