To stop "jueteng", a marching order must originate from the President himself. P-noy must come out in fighting mood and order his PNP and DILG top brass to end the operation of jueteng all over the country. He must be the one who should lead in convincing the public that the days of jueteng lords are over. He must issue the marching order to make jueteng an illegal act that will send anyone involved, including the bookies or "kubradors", in jail.
If there is no marching order from the President, the police force and the DILG officials, including the mayors, congressmen, governors and other government officials, will get a dubious signal from Malacanang and will just continue to engage in jueteng operations. Now that President Aquino enjoys a high trust rating from Filipinos, it will not be difficult for him to get the cooperation of every Filipino to eradicate jueteng.
If President Aquino continues to display a lukewarm attitude on the government's jueteng drive for whatever reason, then the scourge of this illegal numbers game will spread and neutralize whatever headways the government has achieved in other sectors of society. Inaction and half-hearted attitude towards the drive to stop jueteng will bring disgrace in the Aquino governance and wll eventually derail his crusade against corruption and poverty.
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