Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday urged Filipino voters to scrutinize a candidate’s track record instead of keeping tabs on their promises that are made to be broken.

Lacson said the sad reality among Filipino voters these days is that there are people who easily fall for the empty promises of some candidates.

But the senator, a known anti-pork barrel advocate, said he refuses to attribute this frustrating situation to lack of communication.

“Because we choose not to take (corruption issues) seriously anymore. It’s like saying, ‘well, it is what it is. The system has always been like that.’ If we keep that kind of attitutde, then we really have nowhere else to go. It is really difficult. Because we know what the basic problems are, we know how big of a problem it is),” Lacson said in a recent interview over Radio DWIZ.

“The reason why we never seem to get out of our (national) debt is because we never learned to appreciate (small victories in the fight against corruption),” Lacson lamented.

Rather than considering a candidates promises, the lawmaker said it would be best if voters vouch on an aspirant’s track record and see for themselves what he can bring to the table.

The senator said voters who keep complaining that all presidential aspirants are the same, should go beyond the promises and look at what they have already accomplished instead.

“They say, ‘oh, because it’s campaign period; promises here, promises there.’ My response to that: ‘I have always been doing this (fighting corruption),” he pointed out.

“In my long years of public service—from the military, police and the legislature—not once did I ever accept a bribe,” added the lawmaker who is seeking the presidency in the upcoming May 2022 elections.