Unless something illegal was involved in the recent bidding for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport project, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) should no longer pussyfoot on this all-important public-private partnership (PPP) project of what President Aquino has referred to as the “last two minutes “of his administration.
The inclination of the DOTC to listen to the “noises” being made about the supposed inefficiencies of the winning bidder is a step backward in the process. It does not give justice to the merit system that was incorporated into the holding of biddings. One may find it highly suspicious that questions are being raised on the capability of the Megawide-GMR Insfrastructure Ltd. consortium to undertake the project, as well as on why there was just one runway in the proposed airport, which should be dismissed, since many world-class airports have only one runway.
It should be apparent to the DOTC that the Filinvest Development Corp.-CAI consortium lost big time in the bidding process. The earlier the government awards the PPP project—a cornerstone of P-Noy’s all-encompassing vision to show to the world that the Philippines is back in business—to the winning bidder, the better. The proposed airport would show to the world the country’s clarity of vision in wooing investors. Really, there is no better way to show this vision than an infrastructure project, such as the construction of an airport.
07/01/14 Business Mirror
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The inclination of the DOTC to listen to the “noises” being made about the supposed inefficiencies of the winning bidder is a step backward in the process. It does not give justice to the merit system that was incorporated into the holding of biddings. One may find it highly suspicious that questions are being raised on the capability of the Megawide-GMR Insfrastructure Ltd. consortium to undertake the project, as well as on why there was just one runway in the proposed airport, which should be dismissed, since many world-class airports have only one runway.
It should be apparent to the DOTC that the Filinvest Development Corp.-CAI consortium lost big time in the bidding process. The earlier the government awards the PPP project—a cornerstone of P-Noy’s all-encompassing vision to show to the world that the Philippines is back in business—to the winning bidder, the better. The proposed airport would show to the world the country’s clarity of vision in wooing investors. Really, there is no better way to show this vision than an infrastructure project, such as the construction of an airport.
07/01/14 Business Mirror
