By Vanne Elaine Terrazola Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Saturday raised concern that the termination of all gambling schemes under the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) could affect the agency's social services. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri (Juan Miguel Zubiri Official Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) While he understands President Duterte's closure order on all gaming schemes due to massive corruption, Zubiri said he was "shocked" and feared that the suspension might later affect those who seek the PCSO for financial and medical assistance. READ MORE: Duterte: Lotto, STL now illegal over corruption "He must have a strong compelling reason...Ang kinatatakutan ko lang dyan ay 'yong pagkawala ng mga social fund. Sila lang kasi ang nalalapitan, ang nagbibibigay tulong sa ating mga kababayang nahihirapan sa pagbayad ng hospitals bills, gamot, kung ano-anong problema nila sa buhay, kahirapan (What I fear is the loss of the agency's social funds. The PCSO is the only agency approached by people who can’t pay hospital bills, buy medicines and help for various poverty-related problems)," Zubiri said in an interview over DWIZ Saturday afternoon. The Senate leader said as a government-owned and controlled corporation, PCSO does not get its funds from the annual national budget and rely on sweepstakes and other gaming activities to fund its operational and charity expenses. As its charter dictates, most of the income of the agency is allotted for health, medical and charity programs. "Technically, if you take out the income-generation of the PCSO, they can no longer function as an agency of government...'Pag nawala ang income compotent, hindi na sila makakabigay ng tulong (If you take out the income-generating component, it will no longer be able to give assistance to people)," Zubiri said. Zubiri said he hopes the administration will shed light on the "massive corruption" that Duterte had cited in suspending all of the PCSO games. "I'm sure the President was frustrated on the issue of corruption, so I'll give them benefit of the doubt. I will hear and look into the situation first," he said. Other senators, meanwhile, lauded President Duterte's latest order. "I would like to commend the move of the President, I am in full support sa panukala na ito (in this proposal). Matagal na rin natin kinakalampag patuloy ang pasugalan, nakakalimutan natin ang pagsisipag...mali po 'yon at maging ang gobyerno ang nagiging patakaran (I have long been appealing for an end to gambling, which encourages laziness, and its wrong that the government sets out the policies for this)," Sen. Joel Villanueva said in a separate DWIZ interview. "The president’s order to stop all PCSO-sponsored gaming operations is welcome development but a big enforcement challenge to the PNP (Philippine National Police). Obviously, jueteng masquerades as STL, (small-town lottery)," Sen. Panfilo Lacson posted on Twitter. Lacson, a former police chief, said that aside from criminality, "jueteng" was his biggest challenge "because it was corrupting the police."