The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine National Police to end payola from illegal numbers games.
PCSO general manager Alexander Balutan, in a recent meeting with PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director Roel Obusan, said policemen now have no excuse for their corrupt activities to continue.
The agreement, Balutan said, is aligned with President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching orders to eliminate illegal gambling and to boost revenues from the Small Town Lottery which the government will use to provide free medicines to indigents.
With the accord, the PNP is tasked to help the PCSO in stamping out illegal numbers games.
“Let us be frank with each other: A lot of you will lose your payola. Some of you have become so used to accepting bribes that you might find it difficult to change your ways,” Balutan said.
In return, PCSO will allocate 2.5 percent of its Charity Fund to the PNP and its offices that have jurisdiction over areas where STL tickets are sold.
The PCSO is set to launch the expanded STL, dubbed “Bawat Taya, Para sa Kawanggawa,” on Jan. 31.
