Panfilo Lacson

Panfilo Lacson, 2012

Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson, Sr. (born June 1, 1948 in Imus , Cavite ) is a Filipino politician who was Director General of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and a member of the Senate from 2001 to 2013 .

Life

Promotion to head of the PNP

After attending Bayang Luma Elementary School and the high school of the Imus Institute , he began studying philosophy at the Lyceum of the Philippines University in 1964 and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts (AB Philosophy). He then entered the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) and, after completing his training there, became an officer of the Philippine Constabulary in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and was a member of the Metrocom Intelligence and Security Group until 1986.

In 1986 he became an officer of the Integrated National Police Anti-Carnapping Task Force , before he was commander of the PNP in the province of Isabela from 1988 to 1989 . He was then commander of the METRODISCOM police unit on Cebu until February 1992 and then, for a short time between February and July 1992, commander of the PNP in the Laguna province . After finishing this activity he was head of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission from 1992 to 1995 , before he was briefly employed in 1996 as head of a special police project called Alpha . During this time he also completed postgraduate studies in political science at the University of Manila , which he completed in 1996 with a Master of Science (M.Sc. Government Management).

Between 1998 and 2001, Chief of the Presidential task force against organized crime ( Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force ). Most recently, Ping Lacson was also director general of the PNP from November 1999 to January 2001 and thus chief of the Philippine police.

Political career

First term as senator and presidential candidate

After his retirement , he became involved in politics and was elected for the first time as a senator in the elections in May 2001 as a candidate for the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP). Shortly after his election, he passed several bills such as the Anti-Money Laundering Control Act of 2001 against money laundering , the Alternative Youth Training Course as a supplement to the training of college students and the Anti-Human Trafficking Act of 2001 against human trafficking . Between 2004 and 2007, Lacson also served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization .

On May 10, 2004, he ran in the presidential election for President of the Philippines . However, after the election winner Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (39.99 percent) and Fernando Poe Jr. (36.51 percent) with 10.88 percent of the vote, he only came third in the five-person field of candidates.

Second term as senator and murder charges

In the Senate elections in May 2007, Lacson was re-elected and was a member of the Senate for a further six-year term until 2013. Between 2007 and 2010 he was Chairman of the Senate Committees on Accounts , Committee on Ways and Means, and Committee on Ethics .

In mid-2008, allegations were made against him that he was the man behind a double murder of the publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver in 2000. Dacer previously accused Lacson of making a fortune illegally trading on the stock exchange. After it to interviews of alleged witnesses as the former senior police officers ( Police Senior Superintendent ) Cezar Mancao and Reynaldo Berroya, a later Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Transport, in the daily newspapers The Philippine Star and Philippine Daily Inquirer in came renounced Lacson in July 2009 to a candidacy the presidential election in May 2010. On January 5, 2010, he left the Philippines and flew to Hong Kong , whereupon the Manila Regional Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on February 5, 2010 . On February 12, 2010, an international wanted alert was issued at Interpol . On February 3, 2011, the Court of Appeals overturned the murder charge on the grounds that the main witness Mancao was not credible and trustworthy. After the judgment became final, Lacson returned to the Philippines on March 26, 2011.

In the 15th  Congress , Senator Lacson was again chairman of the Senate Committee on Accounts and Committee on National Defense and Security . On June 30, 2013, Lacson resigned from the Senate after he was no longer allowed to run for two terms in a row.

After Typhoon Haiyan , which caused severe damage to the Philippines in November 2013, Lacson was elected by President Benigno Aquino III in December 2013 . Appointed Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery . On February 10, 2015, Lacson resigned from this office.

Web links

• Senate homepage
• Entry (i-site.ph)
• Official homepage ( Memento of July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Sen. Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson: Controversy-magnet Supercop . In: The Manila Times, December 11, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ping gave hit order on Dacer - Mancao ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: The Philippine Star, March 16, 2009 
2. ↑ Berroya: Lacson wanted Dacer dead. Over 'stock manipulation' documents ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 13, 2009 
3. ↑ Panfilo Lacson back in Metro Manila? . In: ABS-CBN of July 6, 2010
4. ^ Panfilo Lacson's Mockery of Philippine Justice System . In: Asian Correspondent of March 29, 2011
5. ↑ Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.