my philstar column today - If I were confident that raising the fares now would guarantee better service, I would probably overlook the decrepit situation of the MRT system and focus on the prospect of a much improved one within a reasonable time. But DOTC cannot even guarantee that improvement would happen within the foreseeable future. The thing is, DOTC cannot justify even a minimal increase because they have not managed the system well. It had also been shown that DOTC officials have connived to profit from sub standard contracts to maintain the system. Why should the public pay more to line the pockets of officials or their friends? P-Noy must not believe the bullshit that they are making a difficult but necessary decision in raising the fares. Closer to the truth, they are not making the more important difficult decisions on how to undertake the rehabilitation of the system, something that must come ahead of any fare hike.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:32:21 +0000
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