Enraged groups on Sunday slammed President Benigno Aquino 3rd for allowing the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to increase fare rates in the Light Rail Transit 1, LRT 2 and Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3), warning that the people will not accept the decision “lightly.”

Anakbayan staged a lightning protest at the MRT 3’s North Avenue Station in Quezon City on Sunday, the first in a series of protest rallies in MRT and LRT stations in the coming days.

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