'This bodes ill for commuters now because the same ruling will be used in justifying the validity of the proposed LRT and MRT fare hike,' says BAYAN secretary general Renato Reyes Jr.
The SC announced its dismissal of the petitions in a release on Friday, March 31 – more than eight years since these fare hikes were implemented.
The SC clarified that the DOTC published a Notice of Public Consultation on January 20 and 27, 2011 in two newspapers and held public consultations on February 4 and 5, 2011. The DOTC published another public consultation scheduled on December 12, 2013. The SC also maintained that the DOTC and LRTA have the power to set rates, given that “rate-fixing power of administrative agencies is a valid delegation of legislative power in response to the growing complexity of society, the multiplication of government regulation subjects, and the increased difficulty of administering laws.”
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