PCSO Director Imelda Papin Vows Transparency in Lotto Body
PCSO Director Imelda Papin spoke on the controversies about the lotto winners of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office lottery games.
Countless Filipinos play the lottery games conducted by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office or more popularly called PCSO. It runs several major and minor lotto games and the major lottery games got multi-million grand prizes.
Recently, popular singer Imelda Papin was appointed to be one of the PCSO directors by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. The singer is not a stranger in public service as she has served as the vice governor of the Camarines Sur from 1998 to 2004 and from 2019 to 2022. She is excited be back in public service.
Imelda Papin believes that she’s fated to be a PCSO director. She wants to focus in helping the Filipinos. However, truth be told that the lotto-operating body is currently surrounded by intrigues after a series of lotto winners bagging the multi-million jackpot prizes. Many bettors questioned the identity of the winners.
As for PCSO director Imelda Papin, there will be transparency under her lead. She assured the public of both “transparency” and “credibility”. Based on an article on Pep, she also stressed that playing lotto is charity work.
“Charity work to, di ba, makakatulong ito… Dapat maging malinaw sa isip ng tao yun, kawanggawa ito,” Imelda said.
According to the newly-appointed PCSO Director, the Php 20 or Php 100 can be of big help in the programs that will help the Filipinos. She stressed that she will focus on speeding up the medical assistance extended by the PCSO to qualified Filipinos.
Based on the article, with regards to the controversies surrounding the PCSO, director Imelda Papin stressed that all problems have solutions thus she is not bothered by the issues. She remains positive that with the help of the public and the media who are significant in her popularity as a singer, she believes on solving the problems.
“This time, I urge all of you to continue helping me, supporting me, especially right now na nasa gobyerno ako. Very sensitive position po, bilang isang direktor,” she said.
According to PCSO director Imelda Papin, the lotto-operating body is dealing with issues right now so she is just seeking the help of the people. She is not thinking about politics now as she wants to fulfill the order of the President to deliver help to the needy Filipinos.