If you do not know, Philippines is heavily Catholic. 85 million individuals are Catholics in The Philippines and that makes up 78.8% of the country. A lot of the laws and beliefs in the country are influenced by the Catholic church. Even matters like divorce and LGBT rights are decided with the influence of the religion.
Obviously, we should respect the religion and the beliefs upheld but what about those who are not Catholic and would wish to continue to gamble? Does religion have the right to be included in conversations regarding gambling if their beliefs cloud their judgement?
Well for countries like Philippines that power is controlled by religious bodies I think it's a good start for them cause the church is gaining access and domination over slot of things thereby reducing the rate of crime in the society. Snd I'm pretty sure the decree on gambling will have huge effect cause as Catholic they'll always want to abide by the doctrines of the church and save most citizens as victims.