A consumer group lambasted officials of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) for continuing to support a maintenance deal that may endanger the lives of rail commuters.

“The DOTC’s continued lack of concern for commuters’ borders on criminal. We shudder at how thick-faced DOTC and LRTA officials are at their continued support for a clearly anomalous deal that will compromise the safety of millions of Metro commuters. Do people need to be injured again before we see any positive government action?” Oliver San Antonio, spokesman of the National Coalition of Filipino Consumers (NCFC) said.

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