MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Sunday slammed Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano for attacking his integrity and vowed to put the latter in his "proper place" -- in jail.
In his Facebook livestreaming on Saturday, Cayetano questioned the increase in Lacson's declared net worth, which he said seemed to have doubled based on his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs) in 2025.
"My integrity is my first and last line of defense and I will fight to defend it with all my might. Sen[ator] Cayetano has crossed the line by attacking it," Lacson wrote on X.
"As of this morning, I am still counting informants and witnesses, directly or through intermediaries, willing to provide information and evidence to put him in his proper place - the Payatas, QC jail," he said.
Lacson corrected Cayetano's "latest live selling on FB using wild insinuations and black propaganda against me."
He said that his net worth quadrupled -- from P58.7 million in 2022, the year he left government, to P244.9 million in 2025.
Lacson said he earned his “wealth” through legitimate means as reflected in his income tax returns (ITRs) for two consecutive taxable years in 2023 and 2024.
He said that unlike Cayetano with P6.79 billion in budget insertions in the 2025 budget, he does not have insertions or pork barrel "since I became a senator."
"And I don't have 25 percent kickback in slope protection and other infra and other infra projects. I don't know about him but I have consistently refused lobby monies in relation to my job as a legislator," Lacson said.
"And yes, re: Blue Ribbon hearings, huwag siyang mainip, meron ding ghost sa Taguig (he just wait, there is also a ghost [project] in Taguig," he added.
He disclosed that there are ghost flood control projects in Cayetano's bailiwick of Taguig City.
