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Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:30 AM December 14, 2019

FVR to Du30: Gov’t gave its word in water deals

‘OUR WORD MUST BE OUR BOND’ In a Dec. 4 letter to President Duterte, former President Fidel V.
Ramos defends the 1997 water concession agreements forged during his term, saying that “as with all
projects and agreements entered into by government during my administration, [they were] anchored
on complete staff work, review and consultation with various government agencies, organizations and
the concerned public, which resulted in complete transparency all the while negotiating terms most
favorable to government.” —PHOTO BY GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

Former President Fidel V. Ramos has vouched for the integrity of his administration’s water concession
agreements with two of the country’s biggest conglomerates, which had angered President Duterte who
said they contained onerous provisions.

In a Dec. 4 letter to the President, a copy of which was obtained by the Inquirer on Friday, the 91-year-
old Ramos recalled that the privatization of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)
in 1997 and the concession agreements were designed to provide water and sanitation to the sprawling
Philippine capital, “which at that time was facing a water crisis.”

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“The success of this agreement has brought about an infusion of capital to upgrade the infrastructure
necessary to improve the efficiency and service coverage to the end users. In Metro Manila alone, more
than 18 million Filipinos (from only 10 million in 1997) now have access to sustainable water supply,”
Ramos said.

The former president added that the privatization and its concession agreements were recognized as the
first of its kind in Asia and viewed as an example by other countries.

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“To achieve all this, the private sector mobilized funding from both foreign and local sources depending
on the word of the Philippine government that the essential conditions of adherence to the sanctity of
contracts and rule of law must be observed,” Ramos said.

In a cautionary note, he added: “These are the pillars that hold together any agreement, be it between
governments and/or the government and the private sector. Our word must be our bond.”

The privatization of the MWSS came two years after the passage of Republic Act No. 8041, also known as
the National Water Crisis Act of 1995.
The primary objectives of the privatization were to transfer the financial burden of providing water to
the private sector, improve service standards, increase operational efficiency and minimize tariff impact.
The government then entered into separate 25-year concession agreements with two private consortia
comprised of local and international partners.

This effectively transferred the operational responsibilities of MWSS to Manila Water Co. Inc. (for the
east zone) operated by the Ayala group, and Maynilad Water Services Inc. (for the west zone) of the
Lopez group. In 2008, the Pangilinan group’s Metro Pacific took over Maynilad.

“Before 1997, the MWSS was unable to fulfill its mandate, which resulted in poor service to the public,
water loss of around 65 percent not to mention decades of underinvestment and mounting government
debt in excess of $1 billion,” Ramos said.

“The MWSS concession agreement, as with all projects and agreements entered into by government
during my administration, was anchored on complete staff work, review and consultation with various
government agencies, organizations and the concerned public, which resulted in complete transparency
all the while negotiating terms most favorable to government.”

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Conciliatory moves

In a series of tirades against Maynilad and Manila Water last week, Mr. Duterte threatened to scrap the
concession deals altogether and vowed that the government would not pay nearly P11 billion in awards
given to the two companies by the international arbitration tribunal in Singapore for their losses because
the MWSS refused to allow them to raise water rates.

Despite conciliatory moves by the two companies, including waiving the tribunal’s awards, deferring a
planned water rate increase on New Year’s Day and agreeing to renegotiate the concession agreements,
the President continued his verbal attacks against them.
In another tirade on Thursday night during the birthday celebration of former Sen. Manny Villar, Mr.
Duterte threatened a military takeover of the water companies and to charge them with “economic
sabotage.”

“You sons of bitches, you’re not an entity to me,” he said. “If you fool with me, you fool with the Filipino
people. I will suspend the writ of habeas corpus and I will arrest all of you because I want to see
billionaires in jail.”

“They say that all these years … where’s the big fish? Here, we have these two crocodiles,” he added.

He said he would not talk with the two companies, who should instead negotiate with MWSS
administrator Emmanuel Salamat, a retired Marine general.

“Me? I will just prepare the charges. If we do not reach an understanding here, [the charges will be]
economic plunder, then there is no bail,” he said.

Protecting the people

Malacañang on Friday pressed on the attack, with presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo saying
Manila Water and Maynilad “can do their worst and continue with fleecing the consumers while the
President will do his best in serving and protecting the interest of the people.”

“The concessionaires are put on notice that the Chief Executive will not renege [on] his constitutional
duty of enforcing the law,” he said in a statement.

He was reacting to alleged threats by the two concessionaires to raise water rates “by 100 percent” after
the MWSS decided on Dec. 5 to revoke the extension of their concession deals, which would end in
2022, to 2037. The renewal was approved in 2009 by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Executives of the two companies had objected to the “unilateral decision” and warned that it could lead
to “significantly high” water rate hikes.

Panelo released copies of letters sent by Manila Water chair Fernando Zobel de Ayala and Maynilad chair
Manuel Pangilinan, both dated Dec. 10, expressing their willingness to cooperate in renegotiating the
terms of their concession agreements.

He said the President had neither accepted nor rejected their offer, which was still under review.

“An examination of the [antigraft law] reveals that the contracts are on all fours with it. Stated
differently, the agreements violate every prohibited act of the law,” Panelo added.

In his letter, Zobel reiterated that Manila Water would not collect the P7.39-billion award by the arbitral
tribunal. Maynilad had earlier promised to give up its P3.4-billion award.

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Government officials claiming that P10,727 is the minimum amount for a family’s monthly needs should
try living on a P71-per-day budget, an opposition lawmaker said on Friday.

House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate blasted as an insult to Filipinos
pronouncements by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that such is the minimum amount a family
needs to buy food and nonfood items.

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“Why don’t our economic managers try to live off on P71 a day? The Filipino people are suffering from
high prices of goods, soaring taxes compounded by their low wages, and yet, they give out these kinds of
statements, which is an insult to them,” he said.

On Wednesday, Rosalinda Bautista, PSA deputy national statistician, said a “no-frills” meal that a Filipino
family of five can enjoy in a day will just cost them P7,528 of monthly food budget.

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A monthly budget of P3,199 for nonfood items can also supposedly sustain the family.

Based on this threshold, the PSA said that poverty incidence fell to 12.1 percent, down from 16.6 percent
in 2018 and 23.3 percent in 2015.
In 2018, around 5.9 million Filipinos were no longer considered poor, according to the PSA.

The government’s claims, however, did not sit well with the Bayan Muna lawmaker.

He said the country’s economic managers are making poor Filipinos scrimp on their basic needs to justify
not raising the “stagnant” wage levels of workers in both private and public sectors.

No justification

“There is no justification for wage increases, or the passage of House Bill No. 246, which sets a P750
national minimum daily wage, and HB 247 which mandates a minimum monthly salary of P16,000 for
government employees,” Zarate said.

Former Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao said the country’s economic managers, led by National Economic
and Development Authority Secretary Ernesto Pernia confirmed with their statements that the Duterte
government “neglects the poor by the very denial of their poverty.”

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But instead of challenging economic managers to let their families live on P10,727 a month, Casilao said
officials should be made to live with poor families supposedly to let them realize their mistake.

“No genuine antipoverty program or policy could come out from the seemingly endless denial stage of
government officials to Filipino poverty,” he said.

Casilao urged the Filipino public to condemn what he termed as “insensitive and crystal clear false
statement.”

“The Filipino people do not deserve this kind of government. It should be held accountable for
abandoning its mandate to uplift the marginalized from poverty and misery,” he said.
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Barely two months after the movie “On the President’s Orders” made the rounds of European and US
cinemas to present what its award-winning filmmakers described as a “cinematic investigation” of the
country’s bloody war on drugs, the Philippine government is coming up with an onscreen rebuttal.

A documentary titled “Gramo” will show a “balanced picture” of President Duterte’s anti-narcotics
campaign and inform the global community and the international media about his administration’s
efforts to “save” the future of the nation, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on Thursday.
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“By showing all the facts in this documentary, we are hoping for an appreciation of what is really
happening on the ground,” Andanar said of the 50-minute film.

Gramo, which will have an English-dubbed version, “will be submitted to our Permanent Mission to the
United Nations in Geneva and New York, and it’s up to them to give it to the UN,” Andanar said in an
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“We are hoping that we’d reach different sectors on the international stage,” he added.

There may also be a film screening for diplomats based in the Philippines, the Palace official said.

For PUV passengers, too

The Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) is also coordinating with the
Department of Transportation to also allow the viewing of documentary on TV-equipped public utility
vehicles.

On Wednesday, the PCOO announced the future screening of the documentary, along with the
publication of a magazine, in a bid to present an “accurate narrative of the (drug) campaign involving
those who pursue the operations.”
In a separate interview, Andanar maintained that the government was not condoning extrajudicial
killings and that impressions to the contrary were just the result of “misinformation and fact-twisting by
oppositionists and other interest groups.”

“[It’s] never been a policy of the national government,” he said.

Next three years

Gramo, which premiered on government channel PTV 4 on Thursday, features the stories of persons who
had killed family members while under the influence of drugs. It also showcases the story of a police
officer killed in the line of duty, and that of a drug user undergoing rehabilitation.

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Meanwhile, the newly released magazine titled “Saving the Future of the Nation; Countering Hard
Drugs,” also chronicles the anti-narcotics campaign from the government’s point of view.

“It’s very important for us to tell the stories of the war on hard drugs, the challenges we are facing, the
achievements we’ve had for the last three years, and where the war on hard drugs is headed in the next
three years,” Andanar said.

Gramo also highlights the number of drug dependents who had surrendered and had been admitted to
rehabilitation programs, as well as that of children rescued from drug-related activities.

Requested by ICC

“On the President’s Orders,” on the other hand, grabbed headlines in October when it became the
subject of a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which had been asked to conduct a
preliminary examination into alleged extrajudicial killings in connection with Mr. Duterte’s war on drugs.

The ICC said it wanted to review footage from the documentary, which was shown in New York City on
Oct. 4 and in Los Angeles on Oct. 18. Co-director James Jones confirmed that the ICC had requested a
copy of the film.
On The President’s Orders was included in the official selections for the 2019 Sheffield DocFest in the
United Kingdom; the 2019 HotDocs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada; the 2019 Human Rights Watch Film
Festival in New York; and the 2019 CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, Denmark.

For the documentary, the Emmy-winning directors Jones and OIivier Sarbil spent time with a police chief
and his officers in Caloocan City, as well as with the families who lost members to the drug war.

The film had its US premiere at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York in June, after which
Human Rights Watch arranged for its screening in Geneva during the 41st session of the United Nations
Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Iceland initiative

In the UNHRC session, Iceland formally introduced a resolution requesting, among other things, that the
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights prepare a report on the human rights situation in
the Philippines.

The resolution was later approved by the council amid strong objections and threats of retaliation from
the Philippine government.

Prior to its recent screening in Metro Manila to a limited audience, the film was condemned as a piece of
“black propaganda” by Palace officials, who said that it “reeks of malice”.

Its filmmakers, however, received letters applauding for the project and thanking them for presenting
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Fresh from conquering the Southeast Asian Games, five players will plunge straight into semifinal action
when the PBA Governors’ Cup resumes at Smart Araneta Coliseum on Saturday.
Barangay Ginebra will field Gilas Pilipinas regulars Stanley Pringle, Japeth Aguilar, LA Tenorio and Greg
Slaughter in its showdown with NorthPort, and the main concern is the quick turnaround from having to
represent the national team to fending off a squad that has positioned itself as a giant-slayer.

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But Tim Cone thinks that the Gilas standouts in the Kings’ roster will actually be a positive influence on
the team and that fatigue will hardly be a factor.

“[T]hose players who participated in the [Southeast Asian Games] are pumped to get the semis going,”
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“For teams in the semis, it seems like a long time between games, but for Ginebra, it seems like a really
quick turnaround. Coach Olsen [Racela], however, did a great job of keeping our [other] guys sharp and
ready,” he added.

“We’ll be alright in Game 1.”

The Batang Pier will also have a Gilas star in their roster. Unlike Cone, though, NorthPort coach is a bit
concerned about Christian Standhardinger’s energy level.
“He’ll play,” Pido Jarencio told the Inquirer. “But of course, we need to manage his [recovery].”“He was
sick and he missed practice [on Friday]. And it’s understandable as he’s been playing continuously.”

Aside from managing the minutes of his frontcourt workhorse, Jarencio will also have to deal with the
absence of versatile forward Kevin Ferrer, who will be sitting out Saturday’s game following a toe injury.

But Jarencio insists his charges will be ready for the 6:30 p.m. opener of their best-of-five semifinal
series: “We’re free of pressure because nobody … expected us to be here.”

NorthPort, despite a 5-6 record going into the playoffs, have proven themselves to be a force this
conference. The Batang Pier not only own wins over Ginebra and powerhouse San Miguel Beer, they also
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