{"id":37430,"date":"2015-01-06T02:53:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=37430"},"modified":"2015-09-19T12:55:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T04:55:49","slug":"militant-labor-commuter-groups-ask-sc-to-stop-mrt-lrt-fare-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/06\/militant-labor-commuter-groups-ask-sc-to-stop-mrt-lrt-fare-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Militant, labor, commuter groups ask SC to stop MRT, LRT fare hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Workers hold a rally in front of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 North Avenue Station in Quezon City on Monday (Jan. 5, 2015) to express opposition to fare increases of the MRT and Light Rail Transit (LRT) Lines 1 and 2. (PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Militant, labor and commuter groups on Monday filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to stop the implementation of fare increases at the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) and the Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 (LRT-1 and LRT-2).<\/p>\n

MRT-3 stretches from EDSA-Taft Avenue, Pasay City to North Avenue, Quezon City; LRT-1 stretches from Baclaran, Paranaque City to Roosevelt, Quezon City and LRT-2 passes through from Recto, Manila to Santolan, Pasig City.<\/p>\n

The petitioners are the militant Bayan group, including the labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and the Riles Network commuter groups.<\/p>\n

In their 58-page petition for certiorari, the petitioners asked the SC to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop the implementation of the order of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) allowing the fare increases at the LRT-1, LRT-2 and MRT-3.<\/p>\n

The petitioners also asked the SC to declare such DOTC order as “illegal and unconstitutional”.<\/p>\n

They argued that the assailed DOTC order violates the “Public Service Act” and the “Rules of Court” because of the failure of the DOTC to conduct a public hearing where the basis of the fare hike and how the computation was made which should have been presented first.<\/p>\n

They further argued that the DOTC committed grave abuse of discretion and its order was “invalid” because it was not published in a newspaper of general circulation or official gazette and without the benefit of a public hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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