BREAKING: President Rodrigo Duterte’s order includes PCSO’s Lotto, Small Town Lottery (STL) and Peryahan ng Bayan. | DJEsguerraINQ
The President ordered Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde and the military to arrest anyone who would continue to operate beginning Saturday.
“I am ordering the PNP, PNP Chief Albayalde, to arrest anybody, and goes also for the military, to arrest people engaged in gambling activities in connection with the franchises, licenses, concessions granted by the PCSO,” he said. “I will give them 24 hours to remove them from public places. Tomorrow, beginning tomorrow at sunrise, everything, all transactions and gaming, wager of bets, becomes illegal,” he continued.
The Chief Executive stressed that he would also not honor any court order from now on that would stop the government from investigating the corruption allegations in the PCSO.And if he would have his way, Duterte said he would close all forms of gambling in the Philippines but he will first talk to Congress leaders about it.
“If I were to give my sentiment about gambling, mas gusto ko mawala ito lahat . Kung meron naman… I will, maybe, confer with leaders of Congress muna,” he added.
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