Ano kaya ang mangyayari sa mga empleyadong Pilipino maging sa mga dayuhan na nagtatrabaho sa mga POGO kapag ipasara na ang mga ito? Panoorin ang video. #TheMangahasInterviews
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00:00Now Chairman, let's talk numbers. They said there are 41,000, that's what you said, 40,000 Filipino employees in these POGO establishments.
00:11But there are also about 20,000-plus foreigners. What will happen to them? You said they might not come back.
00:20But has there been a clarification on immigration? What is the status of these foreigners?
00:26As I told you earlier, we started talking to the DOLE earlier this afternoon.
00:35And in the next few days, there will be a meeting of the POGCORP with various agencies and departments of the government.
00:45Bureau of Immigration, DOLE again, Philippine National Police, the group of Secretary Belair Abalos and DILG.
00:58The truth is we started three weeks ago, Ma'am Malu. Secretary Belair Abalos has already called. This is before the announcement of the President in SONA.
01:11All government officials of Region 1, 2, and 3, Region 4, and Metro Manila are local government officials.
01:22Secretary Abalos and all government agencies that are included, including POGCORP, we are talking to all LGUs.
01:37Because they are the ones on the ground, we are talking to them to be active so they can teach us where these people are.
01:52Hopefully, with the help of the police, with the help of POGCORP, with the help of DOJ, the Filipino people, including the local government units,
02:08they will be the ones to investigate. When January comes, they will know who is operating illegally.
02:18But that order came after the various agencies were advised by the Department of Finance and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
02:27They said it's okay to remove all of those POGOs because the social cost is greater than the economic benefit or taxes.
02:37You seem to be in the middle because it seems like a big revenue loss for POGCORP.
02:44To be honest, the President just responded to the public clamor. This is not something that can be covered immediately.
02:52Did you give him advice before the SONA?
02:57Ma'am Malone, we talked and I gave my opinion. He's the President. He will make the final decision.
03:10I told him and I told the Congress and I told the Senators. Whatever will be the final decision of the President, I will support it.
03:24I told him that not only the 40,000 Filipinos will be affected, but there are so many ancillary businesses or support services.
03:36There are security guards, messengers, housekeepers, driver, transport division, restaurants, and retail stores.
03:52But in the end, it's clear to me that the President's decision is based not only on the number of earners, but also on the image and character of our country.
04:11All right. So if 40,000 are directly employed in these establishments and as you said earlier, indirectly servicing or earning from all sorts of assistance or services,
04:25how many thousand Filipinos do you think will be affected directly or indirectly?
04:31Directly and indirectly, we saw Senator Benny earlier. Maybe more than 100,000 to 150,000.
04:43We put it in the conservative 3 to 4 members in a family. Because there are so many. You know, there are families. Some are mothers and some are wives.
04:57But if you put it in three, more than 100,000 Filipinos will be affected indirectly and directly.
05:06All right. Chairman, what Soljen and others are saying is that the Executive Order or a legal issuance is needed to implement the total bans in POGO.
05:19Because if not, if you give a license, it will be returned suddenly.
05:24You're right. You're right, Ma'am Malu. Yesterday, I had a chance to have a brief discussion with Solicitor General Maynard Guevara in a hearing in the Senate.
05:43That's his opinion. He said it's good that you won't have a problem later on.
05:51As I said earlier, the legals have a little pain. They are looking for a way to be included in a presidential directive because of criminal activities.
06:13As for me, I'm not a lawyer and I believe that it will be included in our discussions in the coming weeks so that we can implement the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
06:33So it's easy to say that if you will implement it from now, August to December, it will take five months for the revocation of licenses.
06:45But the peace and order situation in illegal POGO, it looks like there's a need for a parallel plan.
06:53That's true. It's not my guess, and I want to share this with you Ma'am.
07:01The POGO will not stop. The PNP will not stop, led by Secretary Bernhard Adalos, in implementing these illegal POGOs.
07:19The truth is, they have visitors and they should be welcomed.
07:28So you're right. While we are arranging this so-called exit plan, we unwind. On a parallel basis, the police authorities are going to pursue all those illegal operators as of today.