An advocacy group wants the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) cited for contempt for “usurpation of judicial powers.”In a 14-page petition to the Supreme Court, the Anti-Trapo Movement (ATM) said PAGCOR had claimed that its charter gives them the authority to interpret and implement the law on internet and online gambling. The group, however, pointed out that nothing in the law expressly mentioned this. ADVERTISEMENTThe ATM filed the petition in response to PAGCOR’s comment to their earlier petition seeking to disallow PAGCOR from extending internet gaming franchises to private operators. “If it were really the intention of Congress to exclude internet gaming, then it would have expressly included the latter in the exclusion,” PAGCOR stated. /eeREAD: SC asked to stop Pagcor from issuing online gaming licensesADVERTISEMENT

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 02, 2018 11:13 UTC