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| President Rodrigo Duterte, businessmen Manny Pangilinan and Fernando Zobel de Ayala |
President Rodrigo Duterte can’t be bought by money.
“They were angry. I said you can’t beat me,” is what
the President said against water concessionaires Maynilad and Manila Water,
Ayalas and businessman Manny Pangilinan.
“Maybe you can buy the other presidents, but me, I’m
too expensive. I’m a Leyteño after all,” the chief executive added
According to a report by Politiko website, President Duterte was irked of business tycoons Ayala
and Pangilinan after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore ordered
the Philippine government to pay Manila Water P7.4 for damages it suffered due
to non-implementation of water rate increase.
In 2017, the court also asked the state to reimburse Maynilad P3.4 billion in revenue losses.
Earlier, the president warned that he will reveal the identities
of those involved in crafting supposedly "onerous" provisions in
their current government contracts.\
He delivered the statement in a speech at the 120-year
presence of the Baptist Churches in the Philippines on Thursday, January 16,
while also discussing the difficulty of the rehabilitation done to Manila Bay.
The chief executive stressed that lack of sewage lines
which the said firms need to put up in accordance to the Clean Water Act, adds up
to the problem during the rehabilitation.
“P*t*ngina that's what pisses me off. Why? Because the
violations contained in the Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act are all
there...I said even if we renew the contract or not, the people should know
kung sino (who).... I will reveal all of them, I'm just trying to finish the –
I will reveal who they [are] so you can ask them, including the Ayalas and
Pangilinan, bakit mo ginawa sa amin yan? (Why did you do that to us?)"
Duterte said
"Bigyan mo ako ng sagot. P*t*ngina, pag hindi
babarilin ko yung bayag mo p*t*ngina," he added
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