Sang-ayon si Sen. Panfilo Lacson sa alegasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mayroong malawakang korpasyn sa PCSO.
Sa isang statement, sinabi ni Lacson na ilang bilyong piso mula sa mga kita ng gaming operation ng PCSO ang napupunta sa mga opisyal ng ahensya, pamahalaan, at pulis.
“When the regular jueteng collections of at least P200 million a day or PhP73 billion a year in the NCR, CAR and Regions 1 to 5 alone translate to a mere P4 billion income for the PCSO from Small Town Lottery (STL) operations, a big chunk of which is not even in cash remittances but recorded as collectibles, we do not need an Albert Einstein to figure out how much goes to the individual pockets of STL franchise holders, corrupt politicians, policemen and PCSO officials,” ani Lacson.
Iginiit ng senador na ilang congressional hearings man ang isagawa, patuloy na kukubra pa rin aniya ang mga opisyal na ng mula sa gambling money.
“The fact is, illegal jueteng merely masquerades as legitimate STL operations, 7 days a week, without fail, whose “kubrador” are armed with PCSO IDs to avoid arrest by the police who may be co-opted anyways,” dagdag pa nito.
Nitong Biyernes lang ipinag-utos ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagpapahinto sa lahat ng gaming operations ng PCSO dahil sa korapsyon.
