Published March 1, 2021, 5:30 PM
Senators had nothing but praises for Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto.
This, as the Senate adopted on Monday, March 1, a resolution commending the 31-year-old local chief executive after being recognized by the United States’ Department of State as one of its global “Anti-Corruption Champions”.
Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto
Sotto was in the Senate plenary to personally hear and receive the Senate’s recognition.
Senator Panfilo Lacson, author and sponsor of Senate Resolution No. 660, said that he would “not let this opportunity pass not to recognize a rare feat in public service.”
He said that this was his first time to author and sponsor a measure honoring either a public or private person in his three terms as a senator.
Press Release
March 1, 2021
Sponsorship Speech for Senate Resolution 660 Resolution Honoring and Commending Mayor Vico Sotto by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson
Last Wednesday, February 24, while waiting in the Senate lounge for our 51st Senate session to start, I asked the Senate President if we can be co-authors in a yet-to-be drafted Senate resolution to honor and recognize Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto for receiving an award given by the US State Department as one of the world s 12 anti-corruption champions. The Senate President s reluctant response was: Sige, pero co-author lang ako. Ikaw ang principal author and sponsor kasi, alam mo na. with a chuckle. I knew exactly what he was trying to say, Mr. President. It is that little, big thing called sense of propriety, better understood by Filipinos as delicadeza. All of us inside this hall as well as those attending online know that Mayor Vico is the Senate President s nephew, being his equally famous brother Vic s offspring.
Press Release
Senate honors Pasig Mayor for International Anticorruption award
The Senate today adopted a resolution commending and honoring Pasig City Mayor Victor Ma. Regis Nubla Sotto, popularly known as Vico Sotto, for being recognized by the U.S. State Department as one of the 12 International Anticorruption Champions.
Senate Resolution No. 657, introduced by Sen. Manuel Lito Lapid, was adopted in consideration with Senate Resolution No. 660, authored by Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Sen. Panfilo Lacson.
In his sponsorship speech, Lacson said Mayor Sotto has set the bar high in public service. He said Pasigueños are fortunate to have a leader who embodies wise thoughts, prudent actions and selfless intentions to advance the well-being of his constituents.
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