Sen. Panfilo Lacson. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/LYN RILLON
Senator Panfilo Lacson poked fun at Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II for leaving a Senate hearing Monday to be in Malaca帽ang where Miss Universe candidates paid a courtesy call on the President.
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Lacson made a light remark about Aguirre when told during Tuesday鈥檚 hearing of the Senate committee on games and amusement that the heads of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) could not attend the proceeding because of prior engagements in Malaca帽ang.
鈥淗indi naman Miss Universe lang yan ha (It鈥檚 just a Miss Universe event),鈥� Lacson, chairman of the committee, said in jest.
鈥淜ahapon sa hearing si Secretary Aguirre sabi nya, I have to leave, I have to go to Malaca帽ang, yun pala Misss Universe (Secretary Aguirre said in the hearing yesterday 鈥業 have to leave, I have to go to Malaca帽ang鈥� then I found out it was for a Miss Universe event),鈥� the senator said.
Lacson was referring to the hearing of the Senate committee on blue ribbon on the reported P50-million bribery scandal allegedly involving some immigration officials.
Aguirre was among the invited resource persons in the bribery probe but left the hearing early.
Also during the hearing of the committee on games, Lacson recognized the presence of whistleblower Sandra Cam but not also without making a light remark.
鈥淢iss Sandra Cam, welcome. O ikaw, what can you contribute to humanity,鈥� the senator said. RAM/rga