Aquino did not inherit the MRT problem - Jay Sonza

Former Manila Broadcasting Company - DZRH employee claims that the MRT problem was not present during the Erap and Gloria administration, and it was only during the Aquino administration that the problem arose.

Jay Sonza expressed that in the years 1999 to 2002, he took the MRT from the north station in Quezon City to the Ayala station in Makati City, and it was during those times that the trains still ran efficiently and was not as crowded as they are these days.

Jay Sonza / Photo credits to the owner 

He mentions how numerous graft and corruption instances have rendered the train ineffective and faulty in the past years. He also mentioned illegal actions were still pushed through by the Aquino administration which lead to further troubles.

Jun Abaya / Photo credits to the owner

Sonza also discusses how he agrees with Senator Grace Poe in saying that the move of Ombudsman Carpio-Morales in filing a case against the Sandiganbayan,  excluding Abaya, Roxas, et. al, is a wrong and curious move.

Conchita Carpio-Morales / Photo credits to the owner

Also, the Aquino administration buying of 20 new trains for the MRT3, but its dimensions not fitting the rails raised eyebrows and highlighted the errors in the administration, says Sonza.

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"The metro rail case Part 2, Amending the charges filed. - I used to take MRT from the north station in Quezion City to the ayala station in Makati City and back for almost three years 1999-2002. Noong mga panahong iyon maayos ang takbo, walang aberya, malakas ang aircon at hindi pa siksikan ang mga pasahero. Panahon ni Erap and Gloria.

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This was the period when I was program consultant and program presenter at Manila Broadcasting Company-DZRH when we were holding operations at MBC Building in Salcedo Village. Minsan nga nakasakay ko pa ang noon ay kalihim ng Trade and Industry na si Mar Roxas mula Cubao Station hanggang Ayala Avenue.

Kaya hindi po tamang sabihin na minana ang problema ng Aquino Administration sa Ramos, Estrada at Arroyo dispensation ang naganap na kapalpakan sa MRT3, gaya ng gustong mangyari ni Atty. Leni Robredo at mga kasamahan sa Liberal Party.

Gaya ng tinuran noong nakaraan ni Deputy House  Majority Leader Jericho Nograles, malinaw pa sa sikat ng araw na nagkaroon ng suhulan, graft and corruption, administrative infractions at plunder, kaya dapat lamang susugan ang mga kasong isinampa ng kasalukuyang pamunuan ng Department of Transportation, laban kina Mar Roxas, Butch Abad, Sec. Abaya at iba pang mga dating opisyal ng Aquino Administration.

According to records, they purposely entered into a negotiated contract with Buri for the maintenance of the mass transport facilities, knowing very well that it is indeed illegal because the predicate of two failed bids (for a P200 million maintenance contract) is not representative of the base facts for a multi-billion peso contract.

At tama si Sen Grace Poe ng Senate Committee on Transportation sa pagsasabing malaking kababalaghan at kamalian ang ginawa ni Ombudsman Carpio-Morales sa pagsasampa ng kaso sa Sandiganbayan, minus the respondents Abaya, Roxas, et. al. Malinaw sa serye ng imbestigasyon ng Senado kung ano ang partisipasyon ng mga nabanggit sa mga katiwalian na bumalot sa maintenance contract ng MRT3.

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Pero ang nagdudumilat ng kaso ay ang pagbili ng Aquino Administration ng 20 bagong bagon ng tren ng MRT3 na hindi sukat sa riles at bigat na requirement sa nasabing metro rail system. Simpleng common sense lang ang kailangan. Bakit ka nga naman bibili ng sukat sa daraanan.

Para kang bumili ng salawal na walang garter na sukat 40, samantalang ang baywang mo ay sukat 27 laang.

Pastilan bai. Mao kini ang giingon nga natulibagbag ang agi sa panday."

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Source: Facebook / Jay Sonza