Commuters lobby for takeover of MRT, LRT

After commuters launched, this week, what they dubbed as “People’s Campaign for Government Takeover of the MRT-LRT,” they are now holding meetings with various groups to reach their goal in time for the 2016 national elections: a signed petition by millions of people for government takeover of the country’s railways.

If successful, the commuters groups led by RILES Network (Riles Laan sa Sambayanan), drivers’ group Piston (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide) and various workers’ unions would be submitting to the concerned government offices a unified document calling for the reversal of government’s privatization strategy in the country’s railways.