Noynoy junks Senate plea to defer MRT, LRT fare hikes
By Virgilio J. Bugaoisan and Angie M. Rosales 09/22/2011Malacañang rejected yesterday persistent appeals made by members of the Senate for the administration to defer until next year the implementation of its plan to cut its subsidy on the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Railway Transit (LRT) Systems and increase fare cost.
“I think this is a matter of explaining to the public and also to the senators why, number one, the subsidy will continue. The subsidy will only be diminished—let me be clear on that. But I think it’s also important to know that a continuous subsidy would not really, in the long run, be beneficial to the government coffers and also to the taxpayers,” said presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda as he noted that the current level of subsidy is just way too much.
“We could use that subsidy elsewhere for other programs of the government. What we are trying to do is only to approximate the MRT fares to the bus fares, for now,” he said.
Lacierda stressed that while the fare increase is inevitable, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) Secretary Mar Roxas, is also committed to make sure that the facilities and services of the MRT and LRT systems are in good running condition..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110922hed1.html
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mukhang nakinig sa akin itong si "Pangulong A_Noy ah. hindi pinansin ang mga senador na nagsusumamo na ipagpatuloy ang subsidy sa mrt/lrt. haha. mainam iyan nang maaga kang magretiro, mandarayang dilaw.
hindi nga naman tunay na nanalo itong si abs eh, subali't marami ring naloko ng 'daang matuwid' (sa ilusyon) nito ah. oh, kayong mga middle class o lower middle class na estups na bumoto diyan, iiyak na lamang ba kayo sa mas mahirap na buhay? hmmm.
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