Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) believes that the case filed by the PEA Tollway Corporation (PEATC) against its subsidiary, Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) will be dismissed.
In a press conference earlier today, MPTC President & CEO Rogelio L. Singson pointed out that PEATC Officer-in-Charge Dioscoro Esteban Jr. has no authority in filing for a writ of mandamus without a PEATC Board approval since there is no PEATC Board to begin with. The PEATC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA). Singson also questioned the absence of the PRA as a respondent, being a part of the Joint Venture Agreement with CIC for the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project or CAVITEX.
MPTC has consistently extended invitations to PEATC for a proper dialogue but were unfortunately diregarded. Singson added, “We believe that, based on the advice of our lawyers, the case should be dismissed outright by the Court of Appeals because of a false and defective verification and certification and something as basic as filing the mandamus without proper authority of the PEATC or PRA Board and without the sign-off of the proper counsel, the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC).”
