The mod has all the right reasons to lock this thread since this is not at all related to cryptocurrency. But this could very well be discussed in the off-topic thread as this is indeed a pressing issue.
yeah I know that's why I express in my post that hopefully mod will not delete since I can't find the appropriate board for my post.
My thoughts on this.
[1] This is actually more of a local issue. This is an issue that directly affects the people within Metro Manila and some nearby towns and cities, not the entire archipelago. Sometimes, I ask myself why the news on our national televisions, radio stations, and newspapers are all about this issue when the rest of Philippines is not connected to it.
I beg to disagree, for water system it is for manila only but there's a bigger issue here which is the onerous contract.
This company is charging the government billions of money and with that, we are all involved as that money come from our taxes.
[2] The contracts of the two concessionaires involved were signed in 1997 and, because of the recent cancellation, will end on 2022. There is not much to improve here because they are close to their end. There were onerous provisions but these provisions have been in effect for more than 20 years already. What is the point of changing them today when it is only a few years time before the contract will expire?
They applied for extension I guess but that's not the thing here.
The Ayalas and Pangilinans were accused by Duterte of economic sabotage and they can't do this alone, so there will be more corrupt officials that will be expose here, with the investigation by the congress all the involved in this disadvantageous contract should answer to the government accordingly and they need to be in jail if proven committed a criminal offense against the government.
[3] The two concessionaires already waived their billions of pesos in claims against the government. The extension has been canceled. What is only left unattended perhaps is the accountability of the people involved. But if the congressional hearings are all about finger-pointing, they better be kept out of the national news.
The are establishing facts, the investigation has just recently started, we have to be patient and hope that they will come up with facts on who should be held accountable for this big criminal offense.
[4] This is actually just another game among and between the few elites and the powerful. The victims, the ordinary people within the limited areas affected, are actually left out in the picture.
We know how the oligarch play, they use their money and their influence but we should be thankful we have a president who are brave to expose their anomalous contract.