Duterte: Negotiations with water concessionaires must be in public !-- --
Duterte is pushing for new contacts with water firms
Duterte has also accused water firms of passing on their corporate income tax to consumers and failing to provide water treatments. READ:
Well, of course, I can. I can talk to you.
But it must be in public," Duterte said during a gathering of local executives in Pasay last Tuesday. Criminal charges Duterte, however, clarified that the acceptance of new contracts won't necessarily spare the two water distributors from criminal charges.
"But then I cannot assure you that you will not be prosecuted for graft and corruption or plunder. It involves millions," the President said.
"I told them, 'Hey son of a b, your document and the Anti-Graft Law are almost the same book.' All the violations that you can think of or all the violations that you would ever know is there," he added.
Duterte said his plan to file charges against the owners of
READ:Water firms urged to continue hunt for source as shortage looms "Look at these writers, commentatorsThey are arrogantYou want the big fish? One day, I said, 'OK I will give you the biggest crocodiles,'" Duterte said. "The commentators who are sons of b.
They are now silent. This Monsod used to complain and complain, 'Where's the big fish? Where's the big fish?'It's there.
That animal. She can't say anything now.
I suspect that she is also connected with theWell, somehow," he added. Duterte said the public should not let go of the issue involving water distributors.
"These sons of b are now silent.
Nobody asked for an investigation. So my appeal is if I do not reach the finish line for one reason or another, kindly do not forget this," he said.
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