ABS-CBN - ‘Punto por Punto interviewed Mickey Arroyo and Governor Panlilio about “jueteng” and again in “Umaga Kay Ganda.” Governor Panlilio said that if a governor is against jueteng and is supported by the provincial director - then 51% of its operation is solved. If he is supported by the regional police director, 81% is solved. When he is supported by the president, then 100% is solved.
The Governor said that the Philippine National Police has committed a “double failure” in the province when it denied him his right (as the governor) to select a police director and when the Deputy Director Jefferson Soriano, chief of the Directorial staff of the PNP declared Senior Supt. Gil Levin Jr. as the new provincial director who believe that :jueteng” does not exists in the province. The personal choces of the Governor are Col. Cesar Binag and Col.Sonny Cunanan, both are anti-jueteng.
The Philippine National Police and the Department of the Interior and local Government under the Office of the president of the Philippines have disregarded the governor’s right to choose the police provincial director for Pampanga.
Governor Panlilio made 18 request in the past 20 months and all requests were denied!
Lingayen-Dagupan archbishop Oscar Cruz said in an interview on dwIZ radio that that jueteng is rampant not only in Pampanga but also in Luzon and Visayas.
Worse, he said that the jueteng operation appears to be intensifying now in time for the 2010 elections. The prelate made the assessment after the governor complained that jueteng is rampant in Pampanga. He also noted that no less than Michaelangelo Zuce, a nephew of former poll commissioner Virgilio Garcillano had claimed payoffs made to election officials in Mindanao for the 2004 polls came from suspected gambling lord Rodolfo Pineda and wife Lilia.
In the senate, Senator Mar Roxas expressed his support to Gov. Panlilio in his lonely fight against jueteng (a ponzi scheme victimizing the poor). He said,”Akala ng gobyernong Arroyo
na madadala tayo sa ningas-cogon nitong kilos laban sa mga jueteng (The Arroyo government thinks we’ll be duped into believing they are sincere in fighting jueteng operators).
Magkamag-anak itong jueteng at mga raket tulad ng mga pre-need plan at double-you-money scheme ng Legacy ni Celso de los Angeles. Lumalaganap ang mga ito dahil pabaya ang gobyerno.(Jueteng and other rackets, like the unfunded pre-need plans and double-your-money schemes of Celso de los Angeles’ Legacy are relatives. These proliferate with the wilful and conscious negligence of the Arroyo government,” he stressed.
Jueteng operations are camouflaged by the Small Town Lottery. STL is very rampant. It’s a very efficient system in hiding jueteng. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office which owns the STL franchise started giving permits to private firms to operate the STL in 2004 is the study and conclusion made by the Pampanga Anti-Gambling Councils. ABS-CBN
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