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A GROUP on Thursday raised a pending case they filed in 2015 before the Supreme Court questioning train fare hikes after a reportedly approved increase for the Light Railway Transit lines in Metro Manila. Carlos I. Zarate, executive vice-president of party-list Bayan Muna, prodded the High Court to rule on the petition to review thein the Metro Rail Transit 3 Line and the LRT lines effective January 2015.The former DOTC pushed for a fare hike on all the lightrail systems in December 2014 saying that this is geared to improve the services of MRT and the LRT.
The government-owned Light Rail Transit Authority issued a statement Thursday clarifying that the reported fare hike approval for LRT lines 1 and 2 is still subject to the regulatory process, including public consultations and full board concurrence. Bayan Muna said they are still considering whether to file a motion to expedite the pending Supreme Court case. In 2017, the group filed a motion to resolve their petition.As our people are now much burdened with the non-stop rising of prices of the basic commodities and utilities, we plead for the High Court to resolve the said case the soonest,
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