One down! More to go?
President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte in his speech before soldiers in Jolo, Sulu said that even without
declaring martial law he was able to bring down one oligarch.
The President made
that speech days after the House committee denial of the legislative franchise
application of the Lopez-controlled ABS-CBN Corporation.
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| Tan, Pangilinan, Ayala (photo credit to owner) |
But Presidential Spokesperson
Harry Roque is denying that the Lopezes are not the oligarchs Duterte is
referring to.
“He’s referring po
the oligarchies that he has dealt with personally, nandiyan po iyong unang away
niya with Lucio Tan pero nagbayad po ng pagkakautang sa airport si Lucio Tan at
nandiyan po iyong mga water concessionaires ‘no,” said Roque in a briefing.
“At dahil talaga
namang sinabihan niya, talagang baguhin ninyo ang kontrata, hindi dapat maging
agrabyado ang taumbayan, kung hindi ay ipakukulong ko kayo ‘no at pumayag naman
po na magkaroon ng amended concession agreement ang dalawang taipans na MVP
Group at ang Ayala Group,” he added.
It may be remembered
last October of 2017, President Duterte demanded from Lucio Tan to pay the P6
billion liabilities his Philippine Airlines (PAL) owed to the government or he
would shut down Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2, which PAL
has been using exclusively since 1999. Tan immediately paid it up.
In December 2019, The
President made a threat of military takeover of Maynilad Water Services of
Salim-MVP group and Manila Water of the Ayalas if
After which both
companies agreed not to pursue the collection of the court award and has agreed
for a review of onerous terms in their contracts tagged by the President.
In June 2020, Duterte
apologized to the Ayalas and Salim-MVP for his hurtful words.
The Presidential
spokesperson reiterated that Duterte has nothing to do with the rejection of
the legislative franchise of the Lopez controlled Kapamilya network.
“Palagi naman niyang
sinasabi sa mga talumpati niya iyong mga oligarchs na talagang siya mismo ang
bumuwag ‘no. Ito naman pong kaso kasi ng ABS-CBN eh kaso po na nag-expire ang
prangkisa at hindi po na-renew ng Kongreso,” said Roque.
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