Lawyer’s complaint vs fastfood chain ‘valid’

After making a previous ruling that it has no jurisdiction on the complaint aired by a senior citizen and election lawyer Romulo Macalintal that McDonald’s recently concluded promotional discount “is not senior citizens friendly,” the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has ruled in favor of Macalintal’s appeal.

In a clarificatory letter dated March 16, Assistant Secretary Ernesto Perez of the DTI Consumer Protection Group told Macalintal that “after a careful review of the facts presented and further inquiries by this office, we are of the view that you have indeed raised a valid complaint against the special promo [of McDonald’s] and which will be the proper subject of investigation by DTI’s Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau [FTEB].”