EO enough to enforce Pogo ban, says SolGen

An executive order should be enough to implement President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to ban all Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) in the country, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on Thursday.

“Since under the law, all gaming operations fall under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), which in turn reports directly to the Office of the President, an executive order or other administrative issuance is sufficient,” Guevarra told reporters.

According to him, the total ban on the operations of Pogos was a “matter of government policy,” adding that, “It is the President’s determination of what is good for the country after carefully weighing all competing interests.”

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