(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will identify those behind the alleged corruption scheme in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who issued the statement a day after Duterte ordered all forms of gambling terminated due to the supposed “massive corruption” in the agency.
“The Chief Executive will identify the culprits in due time and the full force of the law will come crushing down on them. This hydra-headed corruption will be cut off until it reproduces no more,” Panelo said.
According to Panelo, “it appears that there is a grand conspiracy among the major players and enforcers of these government-sanctioned gaming activities and enterprises to cheat the government of its rightful shares, depriving therefore the masses of our people of receiving basic services needed by them.”
He said the President “shall continue to brandish the flaming sword of his office and strike it at the heart of this social and political monstrous dragon.”
“Let this be a stern warning to all malefactors in the government, as well as all the enemies of the state, the Duterte presidency will be unrelenting in its war against corruption and unforgiving to the transgressors of the law,” Panelo said.
He said so far, the President has already ordered “all licences, concessionaires, and franchises issued by the PCSO…recalled, cancelled and withdrawn, effective immediately.”
“All law enforcers are directed to implement the President’s directives with dispatch and without exception,” Panelo said.
