Vice
President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo is berates the Duterte administration’s lack
of action despite “glaring evils and corruption” surrounding Philippine
offshore gaming operators (POGOs).
Robredo
pose this question to government: why is the administration still not acting on
these issues?
Concerns
have been piling up to the different crimes linked to POGOs continued to pile
up following several investigations conducted by different committees in the
Senate.
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| Vice President Leni Robredo (photo credit to owner) |
“We’ve been calling out these POGOs for more than a year… We’ve been saying that they’re worrisome,” Robredo said in Filipino in her weekly radio show over AM radio station DZXL.
““The evils, the corruption involved have become so glaring, and yet nothing is happening… I don’t know what more we have to wait for before we get into action… We’ve been discussing this for so long.”
The
Vice President takes note of the issue surrounding the Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) were the administration was very quick to suspend
gaming activities due to to “massive corruption.”
“They were shut down without any investigation. In this case, it’s
already glaring [yet nothing is being done]?,” Robredo said.
Money laundering, prostitution, and human trafficking are just few of the crimes that have been connected to the POGO’s.
Last
month opposition senator Risa Hontiveros was able to uncover the “pastillas
scheme” wherein officials from the Bureau of Immigration have been extorting
money from Chinese nationals, believed to be POGO workers, in exchange for
immediate entry to the country.
“We
have seen that so many [illegal workers] have come in because of corruption in
the Bureau of Immigration. Why was not this seen when it’s been happening for
so long?” Robredo said.
“There have been calls to look into it. And the calls were not to
stop it but only to scrutinize it because there were so many suspicious
activities,” she added.
“So
many crimes have been committed. There have been many victims. But there has
been no action taken,” she further said.
The Vice president joined calls to halt the operations of POGOs.
“There have been so many negative effects, so many reasons for us to stop them,” Robredo said. “For me, I hope that action will be taken as soon as possible.”
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