Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson rejects an alleged effort to broker a ceasefire between him and Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, saying there will be no “ceasefire.” In separate posts on Thursday, Lacson dismissed what he described as a peace overture made through intermediaries, contrasting it with the claim that real armed conflict would not be handled with “toy” or symbolic terms. The rejection comes amid an ongoing public feud between the two lawmakers. Lacson also ties the dispute to his actions related to infrastructure projects in Taguig, which he has investigated, though he does not provide new procedural details in the excerpts.
Cayetano, meanwhile, denies that he made any call or initiated the alleged mediation. In the coverage, both lawmakers’ positions are presented as part of their continuing disagreement, with Lacson characterizing any attempt at reconciliation as unacceptable and Cayetano disputing the premise that he sought mediation. The reports agree that the dispute is being carried out publicly and through exchanges involving alleged intermediaries.
