By: LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA Integrated News
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile and his daughter, Chief Executive Officer Katrina Ponce Enrile of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority, said President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s decision to ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) should not destroy CEZA operations, including its offshore gaming licensees.
The father and daughter tandem personally made the appeal before the House probe on crimes related to POGO on Wednesday, saying that protecting CEZA, including its offshore gaming licensees that CEZA identifies as interactive gaming (iGaming) operators, is in the best interest of the country.
The Enriles argued that unlike the POGOs licensed by the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), the foreign iGaming operators licensed by CEZA all operate legally and are prohibited from soliciting and accepting bets from the Philippines and other countries where gambling is prohibited.
“[The area managed by CEZA] is the anchor of the safety and national security of the country to protect it. When we do our things as legislators….I am leaving you, I might be dead tomorrow, I will not care, but you have to care about your children and grandchildren. [You must think] how to provide them with their livelihood and how to keep them safe from other countries. Every country around us is our enemy [or] potential enemy. No exceptions. And that’s why I beg those who have in their minds to destroy CEZA, please stop it,” said Enrile, who turned 100 last February.
“There is a purpose for CEZA. Until today, that purpose is being pursued. That is the message I want to give,” Enrile, the author of the CEZA charter, added.
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