{"id":95833,"date":"2017-03-28T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T03:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95833"},"modified":"2017-03-28T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T03:43:13","slug":"alvarez-files-bill-requiring-private-firms-for-ppp-projects-to-secure-franchise-from-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/28\/alvarez-files-bill-requiring-private-firms-for-ppp-projects-to-secure-franchise-from-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvarez files bill requiring private firms for PPP projects to secure franchise from Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_86393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86393\" style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13895166_558697014338205_896497992696765593_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86393\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13895166_558697014338205_896497992696765593_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill requiring prospective bidders under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to obtain a franchise from Congress to legally build, operate, and maintain public infrastructure facilities.  (Photo: Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez\/Facebook)\" width=\"713\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13895166_558697014338205_896497992696765593_n-1.jpg 713w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13895166_558697014338205_896497992696765593_n-1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill requiring prospective bidders under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to obtain a franchise from Congress to legally build, operate, and maintain public infrastructure facilities. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/speakeralvarez\/photos\/a.558696861004887.1073741825.558694637671776\/558697014338205\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill requiring prospective bidders under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to obtain a franchise from Congress to legally build, operate, and maintain public infrastructure facilities.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, Alvarez filed House Bill No. 5270, which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 6957, as amended by R.A. 7718 (known as the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law), serving as the legal framework when the government enters into PPP.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez argued that while the grant of a franchise to winning bidders is deemed automatic under the BOT Law, such arrangement has favored private interests over the public good and could practically tie the hands of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez proposed in his bill to remove the automatic grant of franchise and instead require project proponents to secure a 25-year legislative franchise from Congress in order to operate and maintain public utilities.<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, the contract under the BOT arrangement shall be awarded to the private firm who has submitted a bid that \u201cis most advantageous to the government\u201d and provides \u201cthe most favorable terms\u201d for the project.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted into law, the measure will likewise require existing operators to secure a legislative franchise from Congress; otherwise, the franchises they presently have shall expire and lose any legal effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a bill requiring prospective bidders under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to obtain a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":86393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[12230,14969],"class_list":["post-95833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-pantaleon-alvarez","tag-public-private-partnership","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}