Moral Governance is Not Optional

The Anti-POGO Act, signed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., is a powerful declaration that moral governance is not optional; it is essential. This is the "Maasahan at Masipag" leadership in its most principled form, a "Tireless Reform" that places "Reliable Morality" at the center of nation-building.

This law corrects a grave error. The POGO experiment was a failed venture into moral compromise. The entire offshore gaming industry is, by its very nature, a cancerous growth on the body of our nation, designed to foster addiction and criminality. To "regulate" it was to "regulate" a disease.

This Act is the cure. It is a decisive act of clean governance, aligning our laws with our ethics. It sends an unambiguous message that the Philippines is not a haven for illicit activities.

Any true patriot who believes in the integrity of our nation must support this law. To oppose it, or to argue for its "regulation," is to be complicit in the erosion of our national values.

This is what "Leading with Law and Conscience" means. It means having the discipline to make hard choices. It means understanding that a nation's strength is measured not by the revenue from vice, but by the integrity of its institutions and the character of its people.

President Marcos has chosen the path of integrity. He has chosen to build a nation on the solid rock of moral governance. This is the only "Reliable" path forward.