PARTIDO Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday vowed to eradicate the culture of corruption in government, saying that there is nothing impossible for a leader who knows how to practice what he preaches.

Lacson said he already found the best antidote to deliver the country from inept, corrupt and undisciplined public officials and employees and that is by reviving his anti-graft policies when he led the Philippine National Police.

“‘Yung mga pulis tumigil sa pangongotong. Bakit? Hindi nila alam baka ‘yung kanilang kinokotongan huhulihin na sila. Ngayon, i-scale up natin papunta sa national government—national government bureaucracy,” the presidential aspirant said.

Planting spies or undercover agents among policemen to catch scalawags in their ranks became one of Lacson’s claims to fame when he served as PNP chief from 1999 to 2001.

It was so effective that he managed to turn the organization around and restore public trust in it in just four months.

“Ire-replicate lang natin ‘yun nang sa ganoon mag-alangan, laging isipin ng mga taong gobyerno na puwedeng ang kanilang ka-transaction ay planted pala at sila’y huhulihin. Balang araw, alam niyo, ‘yung kulturang ‘yan mawawala po ‘yan at titino ‘yung ating government bureaucracy,” Lacson said.

The presidential aspirant is convinced he could duplicate his past successes and rid the country of corruption if the electorate gives him the chance to lead the country.

He noted that this goal is “not easier said than done” but is doable because of ‘leadership by example.’

“Tumino ‘yung pulis sa ilalim ng aking pamumuno… Hindi po ganoon kahirap gawin… Kaya po naming gawin ‘yan kasi kami alam namin o kaya namin mag-set ng good example sa aming pamumuno,” said Lacson, who is running for president in tandem with Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III.