Sen. Panfilo Lacson and Sen. Erwin Tulfo, during a hearing on the anomalies in the implementation of the government’s flood control projects. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Saturday thanked Sen. Erwin Tulfo for “speaking the truth” after the latter revealed that some fellow senators had discouraged him from signing a Senate blue ribbon committee report on alleged anomalies in flood control projects.

According to Lacson, Tulfo’s remarks confirmed what he had long believed was the reason the committee’s partial report failed to secure enough signatures to be sponsored on the Senate floor.

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