The Gabriela Women’s Partylist called out the water rate hike proposed by Manila Water Company Inc., which is slated to take effect by January next year.
It added that the rate would further rise in the following years.
“Hindi makatao ang pagtaas ng singil sa tubig sa kabila ng nagtataasang presyo ng bilihin at batayang serbisyo. Kung itutuloy ito, para na ring nilunod ang mga Pilipinong halos wala ng makain sa pang araw-araw,” Gabriela Secretary General KJ Catequista said in a statement. Catequista also slammed the almost annual bid of water concessionaires like Manila Water and Maynilad to increase their rates only for consumers to be provided with what, she said, were “rotten services.”
“This unprecedented water rate hike confirms the failure of water privatization and the need for public control of this essential service. Prayoridad kasi ng mga korporasyong ito ang tubo kaysa serbisyo sa mamamayan ,” she further lamented. Catequista then trumpeted Gabriela’s call for the Filipino people to “reject these proposed water hikes and for Congress to review the recently renewed franchises of Manila Water and Maynilad.”
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