I am sure most everybody has heard the latest scoop. Believe it or not: Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson is gay! That, or course, was how Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago was alluding to in her latest tirade against Lacson whom she called not Ping but "Pinky" Lacson. Santiago said that even if the International Court of Judges would call her soon, she would ask for a deferment of at least one month after a new Senate convenes after the elections, in order to continue throwing her bombshells against Lacson in the halls of Senate.
Indeed. that is going to put Lacson at a great disadvantage vis-a-vis Santiago. Lacson would no longer be senator after this elections, whereas Santiago's term would yet expire in 2019. Since Senators. and several other elected public officials, for that matter, are not allowed to hold two positions at the same time -- such as Santiago as Philippine senator and ICJ judge -- she would indeed have to ask the ICJ to allow her sometime, probably beginning July, to hold on to her local position and continue with her tirades against Lacson. Lacson, on the other hand, would no longer be senator, and that seems to be his biggest disadvantage.
Under existing laws, he may not sue Santiago for whatever malicious things or malevolence she would say against Lacson inside the halls of Congress. Lacson, however, may be sued by Santiago for libel for whatever he would say against Santiago, naturally already out of the halls of Congress. The way I look at it, it would have been better if Congress were not yet presently adjourned, for then, Lacson could take advantage of his few remaining days as senator to expose whatever skeletons Santiago might be hiding behind her closet Unfortunately, that is no longer possible.
I don't know if others had noticed it, or, in a manner of speaking, had read something in between the lines of the news report highlighting Santiago's intentions after the elections. In my view, Santiago was kind of warning Lacson against continuing with her tirades against Santiago for the time being while Congress is not in session, lest she sued him for libel. It will be noted that Santiago was not exactly saying Lacson was gay, only alluding to it. Of course, Lacson had immediately countered, saying Santiago was just once again verbalizing one of his "lunatic." ideas. At this point in time, whether or not Santiago would succeed in intimidating Lacson against future exposures about her outside the halls of the Senate is everybody's wild guess. Abangan!
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