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By Mortz C.
Ortigoza
DAGUPAN CITY –
The Pasig City’s Regional Trial Court judge who got the ire of the franchisees of the Small Town Lottery (STL) of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
recalled his Writ of Execution that used to favor the operation of the
Globaltech Online Corporation's Peryahan ng Bayan (PnB).
Presiding Judge
Nicanor A. Manalo, Jr. withdrew last February18, 2020 the Writ of Execution
backing the operation of the PnB.
This upon the
instant Urgent Manifestation of the PCSO that cited President Rodrigo R.
Duterte did not approve the operation of the PnB and subject to the suspension
order last February 6, 2020 of PCSO General Manager Royina Marzan- Garma.
A high official of STL’s Authorized Agent Corporation (AAC), who asked for anonymity, told reporters to drumbeat Judge Manalo’s Order to pressure the Philippine National Police’s provincial director and the chiefs of police to raid and arrest betting stations and personnel of the PnB who still persist to illegally operate.
Earlier, the
official denounced Manalo’s Writ of Execution Order favoring PnB that became
the reason for the law enforcers to be complacent in running after the
employees and officials of the numbers’ betting entity.
Stakeholders of
the STL, according to the source, assailed the conflicting stance of the judge
and the PCSO that resulted for PnB to operate unhampered in Pangasinan and
other parts of the country.
“Those in the PnB
were not afraid to operate because they could cite the judge’s writ of
execution for them to be in the business,” he said.
He explained to
this newspaper that the decision of Manalo to issue the Writ ran smacked to his
previous court rulings in October 13, 2017.
The RTC judge on
its last order denied for lack of merits Globaltech’s motion to issue a Writ of
Injunction on the basis of the alleged refusal of the PCSO to arbitrate and to
observe the status quo ante order (SQAO.)
The Court of
Appeals decided however on January 14, 2019 that PCSO and Globaltech’s Peryahan
ng Bayan to immediately submit themselves to arbitration conformably with the
terms of their written agreement and A.M. No. 07-11-08-SC or the Special Rules
of Court on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
PCSO said that
the defendant has an unremitted obligation to the former by P50, 290, 447.96 as
of December 10, 2015 that caused PCSO to terminate Globaltech’s Deed of
Authority (DOA).
He added that
PCSO will submit itself to arbitration conformably with the terms of their
written agreement and A.M No. 07-11-08-SC or the Special Rules of Court on
Alternative Dispute Resolution as Court of Appeals’ decision in January 14,
2019.
After the judge
issuance of the Writ, PCSO Chair Garma issued an advisory suspending Globaltech
PnB to operate its business all over the country.
He said local
executive like governors and mayors and the police and operatives of the
National Bureau of Investigation are confused because of the Writ of the judge
and the suspension of the PnB by Garma.
“Iyong mga local
executives para hindi sila maipit dapat walang laro kahit pakitaan sila kopya
ng Writ of Execution o suspension. Bakit may laro pa rin? Kasi may payola
sila”.
He said the
advisory of Garma to suspend PnB should be automatic for the law enforcers to
jump against the workers of PnB.
In February 22,
Chief PNP Director General Archie Gamboa ordered police regional directors all
over the country to wipe out illegal operations of jueteng or be relieved from
their posts.
Gamboa said he
had already given the police officials a list of jueteng operators in their
areas.
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