Panelo: Gov’t working to finish new water contracts in six months

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The government is willing to make public the proposed new water agreements once they are either accepted or declined by the two Metro Manila water concessionaires, Malacañang said Thursday.

But for now, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the government aims to finalize the new water deals in six months, as mentioned earlier by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra.

“Sabi ni Secretary Guevarra it may take six months because there are many matters that have to be discussed and completed,” he said in a Palace press briefing. “As soon as the contract is given to them and they accepted it or decline it, then we will have the necessary publication.” Duterte, outraged by the water deals that alleged broke the country’s anti-graft law, said those behind the deals could be charged and jailed with plunder or large-scale estafa.

“If you want to go out? Go ahead. But you will be a fugitive for all time. And I guarantee you, you will never come back as a whole person,” he added.

 

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