The plan to build a fast-moving subway as part of a long-lasting solution to Metro Manila’s growing road congestion has the backing of Senior Deputy Minority Leader Lito Atienza of Buhay Party-list.

“We absolutely need an underground train system long-term. In the years ahead, there’s simply no way we can efficiently move large numbers of people around the national capital without a subway,” Atienza, former three-term mayor of Manila, said.

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