A LAWMAKER on Tuesday called on the Duterte administration to exhaust all legal means to contest the P3.4-billion compensation awarded by an Arbitral tribunal to Maynilad Water Services, Inc.

Coop-Nattco party-list Rep. Anthony Bravo said it was unconscionable for Maynilad to push the government to pay P3.5 billion for what it claimed were losses from the delayed implementation of tariff hikes for the rebasing period from 2013 to 2017. The lawmaker said Maynilad earned a whopping P24.75 billion in profits from 2013 to 2015.

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