Tama ang ginawa ni Umbudsman Mercedita Guttierez na tanggapin ang plea bargain ni Gen. Garcia dahil narecover ng gobyerno ang mga ninakaw. Kung sinentensyahan niya yun, ma-uwi lang sa kamay ng Presidente ang ibabayad ni Garcia sa ilalim ng lamesa para maka-kuha ng executive clemency. Yan ang dahilan bakit ayaw ko ng Truth Commission, dahil ayoko na ma--manipulate si PNoy ng mga kaibigan nyang umaasang maka-kotong ng malalaking magnanakaw.
Napakaraming departamento under ng jurisdiction ng Office of the President na kailangan niyang ayusin. Tumakbo si PNoy bilang Presidente, ayusin niya ang sarili niyang bakuran sa Executive Branch. Hangga't hindi niya na-aayos ang Executive Branch, wala siyang karapatan na mangabilang-bakod sa problema ng ibang branches of government. Focus lang dapat siya sa trabaho niya.
Ang red-tape sa Executive Branch ay napaka-garapal pa rin. Ako mismo merong kasalukuyan na personal na experience ng red-tape sa Professional Regulation Commission na hindi na-reresolve ng grupo ni PNoy sa napakahabang panahon na hawak nila ang kaso.
So, PNoys, focus ka lang muna sa bakuran mo. Ayusin mo yan dahil yan ang trabaho mo kapalit nung cheke ng sahod mo na pinakita mo noong araw na bago ka pa lang.
Sa ibang ma-uunlad na bansa, mabilis ang kaso dahil merong plea bargaining. Sa plea bargaining, isa o dalawang upu-an tapos ang usapan, settled at nabayaran ang na-aagrabyado, govyerno man o ordinaryong taong bayan. Sa Pilipinas, kaya paton...g-patong na ang kaso dahil pinupursige na ikulong ang akusado, kaya lumalaban ng husto ang depensa, pero sa huli kahit makulong eh mababayaran din ang kalayaan.
Plea Bargaining is the thing that makes the rich countries rich. Mabilis ang kaso, bayad agad ang na-agrabyado, isang upuan lang.
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Hanggang tino-tolerate ang Jueteng, our country is cursed. Hindi na mababawi ang curse na binitawan ni Erap nung siya ay kinulong sa Jueteng na gusto niyang gawing legal para mapakinabangan ng taong bayan katulad ng PagCor.
Ako bihirang nagiging relihiyoso, pero pag Presidente ang nag-bitiw ng curse sa sarili niyang bayan, eto ay mangyayari.
Nandyan pa ang Jueteng kay GMA. Nandyan pa rin kay PNoy. Hindi eto titigil ang pag-bulusok ng curruption ng bansa natin.
Showing posts with label On Jueteng and Illegal Gambling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On Jueteng and Illegal Gambling. Show all posts
Friday, February 4, 2011
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Defending Jueteng on Moral Grounds
There is no Biblical passage that supports the position that gambling is immoral. There is nothing wrong in investing time, effort, and money to get a chance to hit a jackpot.
Jueteng does not make people lazy because it only takes 1 minute to bet. We can look at Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) as an investment/gambling that makes people lazy, where people put their money in and expect a perpetual downline expansion that will make them rich without working. MLM is widely practiced and it maked people lazy, but never Jueteng.
The worse gamble that makes people lazy are the game shows of Willie and Chris Aquino, poor people gamble their time, effort, money, and even risk their life to fall in line outside the TV Station to get a chance to be picked as game participants. Game shows on TV is legal.
Try to look also at the animal cruelty aspect of sabong where chickens are being played to kill each another in a very painful manner while the people enjoy watching. Sabong is legal.
In Jueteng, service is personalized because the kubrador goes right to your doorstep. Jueteng bet is very affordable, you can bet your small coins instead of using it to buy cigarette, so Jueteng is also a healthy alternative to smoking. It only takes less than a minute to bet, so it won't take much of your time and sure it won't make you lazy. Jueteng is not advertised, it does not induce people to bet, unlike the game shows on TV. No one will get hurt while betting in Jueteng, unlike the TV game shows where people are exposed to the risks of heat stroke and stampede.
Illegalization of Jueteng is the thing that leads to immorality. Immorality of Jueteng exists only when corrupt government law enforcers accept a payola of bribe money from Jueteng operators to tolerate its continuous operation despite its illegality.
Jueteng does not make people lazy because it only takes 1 minute to bet. We can look at Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) as an investment/gambling that makes people lazy, where people put their money in and expect a perpetual downline expansion that will make them rich without working. MLM is widely practiced and it maked people lazy, but never Jueteng.
The worse gamble that makes people lazy are the game shows of Willie and Chris Aquino, poor people gamble their time, effort, money, and even risk their life to fall in line outside the TV Station to get a chance to be picked as game participants. Game shows on TV is legal.
Try to look also at the animal cruelty aspect of sabong where chickens are being played to kill each another in a very painful manner while the people enjoy watching. Sabong is legal.
In Jueteng, service is personalized because the kubrador goes right to your doorstep. Jueteng bet is very affordable, you can bet your small coins instead of using it to buy cigarette, so Jueteng is also a healthy alternative to smoking. It only takes less than a minute to bet, so it won't take much of your time and sure it won't make you lazy. Jueteng is not advertised, it does not induce people to bet, unlike the game shows on TV. No one will get hurt while betting in Jueteng, unlike the TV game shows where people are exposed to the risks of heat stroke and stampede.
Illegalization of Jueteng is the thing that leads to immorality. Immorality of Jueteng exists only when corrupt government law enforcers accept a payola of bribe money from Jueteng operators to tolerate its continuous operation despite its illegality.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Jueteng and Raffle
QUESTION: Sir John, are you in favor of legalizing Jueteng?
ANSWER: The issue have TWO proponents, (1) Illegal but jueteng operation continues and corrupt officials get payola, (2) Legal and jueteng draw is fairness-monitored, jueteng livelihood is protected by the state, and gambling profits pay taxes to the national treasury. I am on the side of #2.
Follow-up QUESTION: If it continues to be Illegal do you think it can be stopped?
ANSWER: Not in the next 6 years. The Aquino Administration has expectation rate of ZERO in terms of political will, aside from the fact that this Administration is lazy and tolerant of corruption. Maybe in the next Administration we will have hope.
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We should also consider that illegal gambling operation exists in many corners of the country BECAUSE it is one way the LGU and the Police raise personal funds off the books. Jueteng cannot be stopped. It is a cooperative fund-raising activity of the cops and the LGUs. Worse than Jueteng is RAFFLE, and it is also very ramphant. Moral issue? Duhhh! There is no Biblical passage that says gamblingis a sin. Even schools and churches have raffle bonanzas and bingo where people sit for long hours waiting for the number-result to come up. Gambling, from the point of view of operators, is just a fund-raising.
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Sa Pilipinas, bata pa lang ang mga student natin, binibentahan na ng RAFFLE, at pinag-oorganize na ng raffle operation ang mga students natin. Raffle is a form of gambling and we are teaching our kids at a very early age. How could we stop gambling?
ANSWER: The issue have TWO proponents, (1) Illegal but jueteng operation continues and corrupt officials get payola, (2) Legal and jueteng draw is fairness-monitored, jueteng livelihood is protected by the state, and gambling profits pay taxes to the national treasury. I am on the side of #2.
Follow-up QUESTION: If it continues to be Illegal do you think it can be stopped?
ANSWER: Not in the next 6 years. The Aquino Administration has expectation rate of ZERO in terms of political will, aside from the fact that this Administration is lazy and tolerant of corruption. Maybe in the next Administration we will have hope.
xxxxx
We should also consider that illegal gambling operation exists in many corners of the country BECAUSE it is one way the LGU and the Police raise personal funds off the books. Jueteng cannot be stopped. It is a cooperative fund-raising activity of the cops and the LGUs. Worse than Jueteng is RAFFLE, and it is also very ramphant. Moral issue? Duhhh! There is no Biblical passage that says gamblingis a sin. Even schools and churches have raffle bonanzas and bingo where people sit for long hours waiting for the number-result to come up. Gambling, from the point of view of operators, is just a fund-raising.
xxxxx
Sa Pilipinas, bata pa lang ang mga student natin, binibentahan na ng RAFFLE, at pinag-oorganize na ng raffle operation ang mga students natin. Raffle is a form of gambling and we are teaching our kids at a very early age. How could we stop gambling?
Monday, September 20, 2010
Sabong, Bingo, and Jueteng
Sabong, a cruel animal fight to death, is LEGAL in the Philippines. Bingo is a house game, played by many families on Sundays after church. Jueteng is almost similar to bingo, nothing worth illegalizing in the moral sense. Besides, there is no Biblical basis for saying that gambling is a sin.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The benefit of Legalizing Jueteng
Jueteng is illegal, not because of moral grounds, but because it is simply not-legalized. There are two major legal gambling operation in the Philippines. One is operated by PAGCOR, and the other one is Cockfighting that is regulated by LGU...s. If it is legal, people enjoy it as a form of entertainment, it is regulated, and government gets taxes from it for various projects.
If it is illegal, the taxes that is supposed to go to the government only goes into the pocket of the law enforcers who tolerate it, special mention the LGU Executives, the Cops, and even Malacanang.
Whether Jueteng is Legal or Illegal, it will find a way to CONTINUE to operate because mouths have to be fed.
Jueteng, as a type of gambling, is illegal as the law says. Some people resort to illegal means of livelihood to survive. Enforcement of laws belong to the state, represented by the Police that is controlled by the LGU Executives.
If many people are into that Jueteng business, the LGU and their Congressman should have "ideally" done two righteous things simultaneously, (1) continue enforcing the law, and (2) submit a Bill to Congress to Represent the plight of the people who are making a living out of that gambling activity.
But but but the LGU and the Congressman did the UNRIGHTEOUS and TREACHEROUS thing. They CONNIVED and CONSPIRED with the Jueteng Lords to personally benefit from its profit. These government officials did not do their job in representing the people in law-making.
In the past, the national government is not taking any bribe from the Jueteng Lords. Erap refused to accept a P5M/daily Jueteng bribe. The Jueteng Lords used GMA ang many other individual to conspire against Erap. The month after ERAP was arrested, Jueteng Kickback Collection became centralized in Malacanang. There is no more collection at the local government level, everything is pooled together into one payment receiving basket in Malacanang. Malacanang distributes the Jueteng Payola to everyone down the chain of command.
If it is illegal, the taxes that is supposed to go to the government only goes into the pocket of the law enforcers who tolerate it, special mention the LGU Executives, the Cops, and even Malacanang.
Whether Jueteng is Legal or Illegal, it will find a way to CONTINUE to operate because mouths have to be fed.
Jueteng, as a type of gambling, is illegal as the law says. Some people resort to illegal means of livelihood to survive. Enforcement of laws belong to the state, represented by the Police that is controlled by the LGU Executives.
If many people are into that Jueteng business, the LGU and their Congressman should have "ideally" done two righteous things simultaneously, (1) continue enforcing the law, and (2) submit a Bill to Congress to Represent the plight of the people who are making a living out of that gambling activity.
But but but the LGU and the Congressman did the UNRIGHTEOUS and TREACHEROUS thing. They CONNIVED and CONSPIRED with the Jueteng Lords to personally benefit from its profit. These government officials did not do their job in representing the people in law-making.
In the past, the national government is not taking any bribe from the Jueteng Lords. Erap refused to accept a P5M/daily Jueteng bribe. The Jueteng Lords used GMA ang many other individual to conspire against Erap. The month after ERAP was arrested, Jueteng Kickback Collection became centralized in Malacanang. There is no more collection at the local government level, everything is pooled together into one payment receiving basket in Malacanang. Malacanang distributes the Jueteng Payola to everyone down the chain of command.
Friday, September 10, 2010
National Collection of Jueteng Kickback
Nandyan pa ang jueteng ngayon sa benigno aquino administration. pag merong national kickback collection, siyempre kailangan merong bagman. maraming tao na anti corruption kuno, pero sa huli gusto lang pala nila i-take-over ang pwesto at pangungurakot.
If you notice napaka-ingay ng tao behind this administration na eto (kasama ang Roman Catholic Church) sa Jueteng Isue during the Erap Administration. Nagawan pa nila ng paraan na matanggal ang kaisa-isang Presidente na may Police Force na pinaka-maraming huli and indictment against Jueteng Operation.
Makita mo, klarong klaro ang ang motibo ng Arroyo and Aquino Administrations eh -- sa panahon nitong mga eto, nandyan pa rin ang Jueteng, wala nang huli, at NATIONALIZED na ang kickback collection. Pag nationalized kickback collection, wala nang nangongolekta at the police precincts level dahil isang national bagman point na lang.
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PNoy, kapag na-akit ka sa Jueteng na yan, hawak ka na sa leeg ng LAHAT na money-making organized crime groups sa buong bansa. Imaginin mo yung scandal ng pulis na tinali-an yung detainee sa bayag, magiging ganun ka, ikaw yung tinalia-an ang bayag. Hindi ka na magiging Super PNoy na wish ng mga taong bayan. Magigingsayang ka, inaasahan ka ng taong bayan dahil anak ka ng dalawang Super Hero. So, just do the right thing. okay?
If you notice napaka-ingay ng tao behind this administration na eto (kasama ang Roman Catholic Church) sa Jueteng Isue during the Erap Administration. Nagawan pa nila ng paraan na matanggal ang kaisa-isang Presidente na may Police Force na pinaka-maraming huli and indictment against Jueteng Operation.
Makita mo, klarong klaro ang ang motibo ng Arroyo and Aquino Administrations eh -- sa panahon nitong mga eto, nandyan pa rin ang Jueteng, wala nang huli, at NATIONALIZED na ang kickback collection. Pag nationalized kickback collection, wala nang nangongolekta at the police precincts level dahil isang national bagman point na lang.
xxxxx
PNoy, kapag na-akit ka sa Jueteng na yan, hawak ka na sa leeg ng LAHAT na money-making organized crime groups sa buong bansa. Imaginin mo yung scandal ng pulis na tinali-an yung detainee sa bayag, magiging ganun ka, ikaw yung tinalia-an ang bayag. Hindi ka na magiging Super PNoy na wish ng mga taong bayan. Magigingsayang ka, inaasahan ka ng taong bayan dahil anak ka ng dalawang Super Hero. So, just do the right thing. okay?
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