SENATOR Panfilo Lacson believes that experience, more than anything, will be needed to lead the Philippines to progress.

Lacson likened the country to a patient in the Emergency Room of a hospital.

“Kung sa ER kayo at lucid pa kayo, ang pipiliin n’yo bang doktor ang matikas na bago o ‘yung sanay sa opera? Siyempre pagkakatiwala ko buhay ko sa mas maraming karanasan,” he said.

Lacson, who is running under Partido Reporma, said that he and his running mate, Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III have more than enough years of public service between them.

This includes 42 years of legislative work as senators.

“’Yan ang maihahain namin sa inyo ni SP Sotto —ay Kakayahan, Katapatan, at Katapangan,” he said.

Lacson stressed anew the need to empower local government units so they can implement their own development projects.

This is in line with his Budget Reform Advocacy for Village Empowerment where local governments receive much-needed resources to implement their projects.

“The national government can give leeway to the local governments and limit its role to policy supervision and guidance,” he added.

Should he be elected president in May 2022, Lacson said his administration will fully fund the Universal Health Care Act to cover all barangays.