The Duterte government should consider privatizing the operations of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) if it wants to eliminate corruption within the state gaming agency.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian offered this suggestion on Sunday, saying this would also help ensure that proceeds from gaming operations will be remitted properly.“An alternative to the total banning of gaming activities operated, licensed and franchised by the PCSO would be for the government to just let the private sector operate lottos and casinos and then collect guaranteed proceeds,” Gatchalian said in a statement.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday night ordered the suspension of operations of all gaming operations granted by the PCSO claiming “massive corruption” involving all parties, including the courts that repeatedly issue injunctions to paralyze government. Senate President Vicente Sotto III, for his part, said the shutdown order is only temporary: “I think he is shutting down the franchises. It can always open once the corruption is unearthed and cleansed.”
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