Digong galit na hinarap ang mga opisyal ng MWSS, Manila Water

GALIT na hinarap ni Pangulong Duterte ang mga opisyal ng Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), Maynilad and Manila Water kagabi sa harap ng nararanasang water shortage sa Metro Manila at karatig na mga lugar. 

Sa isang pahayag, sinabi ni Presidential Spokesperson at Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na hindi pinayagan ni Duterte na makapagsalita ang mga opisyal.

“In a stern message delivered without even once looking at the officials, the obviously outraged President threatened to fire the MWSS officials and terminate the concessionaires’ contracts,” sabi Panelo.

Binigyan ni Duterte ang mga opisyal na magsumite ng ulat kaugnay ng nararanasang krisis sa tubig bago sumapit ang Abril 7.

Nagbanta pa si Duterte na sisibakin ang mga opisyal ng MWSS. 

“The meeting which was more of a presidential monologue lasting for about forty minutes abruptly ended by the President ordering the officials to submit a report on the water shortage before April 7, after which he will decide whether heads will roll or whether the contracts of the concessionaires will be terminated,” ayon pa kay Panelo.

Ani Panelo, alam ni Duterte na magpapalusot lang ang mga opisyal.

“They simply did not do their job. ‘All they care about is get profit from the water of the people” and to their sufferance as well. The President told them they could have simply anticipated such shortage and could have done something about it. They had to wait for him to threaten them with personally rushing to Manila from Davao to grapple with the crisis before they moved to end it. The Chief Executive bluntly told them to ‘shape up or ship out!” dagdag ni Panelo.