President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in his speech in Malacanang, in line with the newly appointed government employees about an hour ago, opened up an issue about water in Manila.
The President told a story in a few months back when Manila ran out of water in faucets for three days. He was in Davao at that time. He called somebody, he said, when he was in Davao and said over the phone, "I will be there tomorrow, and if there is still no water there, I will slap the faces of people responsible for it. He said it with zest without fear. He even pointed out that he is ready to step down if he will be reprimanded by the courts of law from doing so. He doesn't care he said.
He mentioned the Pangilinans and the Ayalas, the big companies owners of Maynilad and Manila Water Company. He said that these people, the owners of these companies are fucking with Filipinos. He said they are shitting us Filipinos by not distributing the water in the metro. He added that in the contract, the water which is supposed to be a natural resource, it turned out to be a commodity.
The President also said, the government cannot interfere, because if it does, they the companies will sue the government and they will be awarded millions because they choose an arbitration. It is a group pf corporations, the Pangilinans and Ayalas. Due to that, the companies cannot raise or lower the price of water in the country because of the membership on that arbitrary in South East Asian countries.
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