Senators want top execs of NEDA, DOF to be present in next Senate probe on POGOs

Senators on Monday, October 3 expressed their dismay after heads of the Department of Finance and the National Economic Development Authority were a no-show at the Senate Committee on Ways and Means probe on the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations industry.

Gatchalian made the manifestation after senators got confused over the figures presented by the NEDA, especially after their virtual presentation was marred by intermittent signal. “Etong mga nasa gobyerno natin, NEDA ayaw magpakita dito. Pano mag kaka klaro, ang resulta ng hearing natin dito eh nagpapasahan pa sila. Di alam kung ano sagot. So maganda siguro kung andito sila Mr. Chairman ,” Dela Rosa said.

“So NEDA is very important in this discussion. So I’m very disappointed that the people who were sent cannot even answer how they came up with that P79-B and what is the P79-B,” Gatchalian said. Escudero had asked DOF Assistant Secretary Valery Joy Brion to provide the bases for the agency’s position that “the POGOs modest contribution to the economy does not outweigh the social costs of its continued operations.”

However, Brion, citing the DOF’s position paper, pointed out that “social costs are inherently difficult to quantify.”

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