Solon declares war on MWSS, Manila Water and Maynilad
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| Louie Logarta |
It would seem that whenever the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) happens to be featured in the newspapers, somehow it is for the wrong reasons.
Just the other week, a pro-administration lawmaker wrote to the Commission on Audit (CoA) to get them to look into the books of the agency as well as its two private concessionaires in Metro Manila — meaning the Lopez-owned Maynilad Water Services and the Manila Water Co. which is controlled by the Ayalas — claiming there were serious abuses and irregularities in the way they were operating which were disadvantageous both to the government and their millions of consumers.
In her letter to the CoA, Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy of the Bagong Henerasyon party-list group indicated she had received information that both Maynilad and Manila Water were manipulating their respective concession contracts which resulted in excessive and onerous rates being charged to consumers as well as illegal, extravagant and unconscionable public expenditure and use of government property that were clearly unbeneficial to the interests of the state..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111127com4.html
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salamat naman at may nagkaisip. pero bakit nga sa panahon ni arroyo tahimik silang lahat ukol sa mga anomalya?
"“There are several reasons for this,” she said. First, she points to the alleged interlocking interests of MWSS officials, on one hand, and the officers and directors of Maynilad and Manila Water, on the other, and their successors, which is why there is a pressing need for CoA intervention to ferret out this alleged sweetheart arrangement.
"In the case of Maynilad, Herrera-Dy pointed out that despite being ordered by the Supreme Court to pay P8.5 billion to the MWSS for arrears and default penalties, the company allegedly managed to fashion out a debt-for-equity swap through the intercession of certain powerful politicians during the Arroyo administration, not to mention the subtle persuasion of the giant ABS-CBN radio/TV network, another Lopez-owned company."
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