Duterte to check LRT contract next

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 09:24:21 +0000

DUTERTE

President Duterte on Friday said that he will look into the contract of the Light Rail Transit with the government next as he expressed anew his frustration over the onerous contract between the government and two water distribution companies in Metro Manila.

In a speech in Davao City, Duterte said he will check the LRT contract next because of the Ayalas and businessman Manny Pangilinan.

“Karami na nilang pera, sobra-sobra na. Getting most of the contract, LRT. Merong – silipin ko. Meron man pala sila sa LRT,” he said.

“Marami ‘yan silang pinasukan sa gobyerno. Pero this one (water issue) is really the biggest rip-off of all. And that contract was never shown to the Filipino people,” he added.

The LRT is jointly operated by the government’s Light Rail Transit Authority and the Light Rail Manila Corp. The LRMC is a consortium of three major infrastructure companies: Pangilinan’s Metro Pacific Investments Corporation; AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp., a subsidiary of Ayala Corp.;
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