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Jueteng is back for election purposes, says Cruz
5 May 2006—If jueteng is back anew, it's because the next election is drawing near, Archbishop Oscar Cruz said.
As what have been exposed during the Senate Hearing on jueteng last year, he stressed that jueteng money was used to "make a difference in the 2004 national elections, it's not surprising at all that jueteng is once again back in business."
Dismayed over the resurgence of the said illegal gambling, Cruz claimed that jueteng is like a cat with proverbial nine lives that keeps coming back like a bad dream.
"Those in power and influence stop it at will for a reason, and at will likewise have it resumed for a purpose," he said.
Cruz, who heads the Krusadang Bayan Laban sa Jueteng, said that the authorities who are supposed to implement the law against illegal gambling are "irrelevant."
"The jueteng syndicate is again alive and well," he said. "The jueteng structure is intact, strong and operational."
He said that reports reaching his crusade revealed that jueteng has resurfaced in all Ilocos provinces, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Batangas, Quezon and Camarines Sur.
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