INVESTIGATE THE MRT !

The revelation by Palawan Rep. Antonio Alvarez that the Government is spending almost TWICE AS MUCH monthly for maintenance of the MRT than the LRT 1 and 2 combined warrants an IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION.

Not just by the House of Representatives but also by the Senate and every other government agency involved in transportation and technology.

The MONSTROUS disparity, P90 million for the MRT and P52 million for LRT 1 and 2 combined, is outright SUSPICIOUS to put it mildly.

First, the 34-kilometer combined stretch of LRT 1 and 2 is more than DOUBLE the 16-kilometer span of the MRT. COMMON SENSE alone will tell anyone that the LRT consumes more power and any other need to run its trains than the MRT.

Kaya bakit DOBLE ang kailangang GASTUSIN para sa MAS MAIGSING MRT?

I’m not an engineer but remember, guys, both the MRT and the LRT cruise OVERHEAD, not on the road. Except for mechanical failures or unforeseen trouble and tragedies like the Rizal Day bombings years, ago, there is NO TRAFFIC on the tracks.

Somebody correct me if I’m wrong but LRT and MRT trains are run by the same technology or technological principles.

And most of all, the LRT is DECADES OLDER than the MRT.

Kotse man, computer, applance o kahit anong bagay, ang MAS LUMA ang dapat MAS MAGASTOS imaintain.  Pero KABALIGTARAN sa kaso ng MRT.

Don’t forget, guys, the difference that we’re talking about is P48 million MONTHLY. Rep. Alvarez did not specify how long has the arrangement been but at 12 month alone, the tab would be P576 million.

A cool P576 million of OUR TAXES, guys.

That’s why we have a right to know ASAP what makes the MRT SO SPECIAL.  The Japanese firm  being paid the P90 million by the MRT should be asked to explain, pronto.

Independent and recognized experts from the private sector must be tapped at once to find out if the extra P48 million is TECHNICALLY and LEGALLY justified.

Mayroon palang ganitong KALAKI AT KADUDA-DUDANG sistema, hindi man lang muna alamin ng Gobyerno kung bakit. Sa halip, NAGPUPUMILIT pang PASANIN na lang natin ang KRUS ng DAGDAG-PASAHE!

Any TRULY PRO-POOR congressman or senator out there? 30