Culpable violations to EO 170
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Must the Philippine Ports Authority and the Cebu Ports Authority represented by their respective board members as well as other government officials that are shown to have participated the non-implementation of Executive Order 120 (EO 120) and its implementing rules and regulations be held liable for their individual and collective acts for violation of the provisions of an Executive Order by the President of the Republic of the Philippines?
Executive Order 170 entitled “ PROMOTING PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION AND INVESTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ROAD ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF TERMINAL SYSTEM” was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in January 23, 2003 and announced publicly during the 56th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the Development Bank of the Philippines.” Some four years after its enactment, the President still has to send her secretaries out to “fast-track” the EO implementation. Why has there been such a snail-paced implementation of the EO? (more…)
