An infrastructure-oriented thinktank said that unless the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is dropped as one of flagship projects of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) and the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) should proceed with the project until completion.

“Regardless of project proponent or proposal, there should no doubt that what NAIA needs today is rehabilitation of a massive scale, befitting its status as the country’s premiere international airport. Any talk of anything less, such as mere operations and maintenance proposals, should be outrightly dismissed as irrelevant and contrary to the vision of the President for a multi-airport strategy for the Greater Capital Region.”

This was the statement of Terry Ridon, Infrawatch PH convenor and former House transportation committee member.

Resolve Megawide MR

Ridon said airport officials should take a second look at the second private proponent’s proposal now that Megawide has submitted a Motion for Reconsideration to the MIAA after its original proponent status (OPS) has been revoked.

“If the lynchpin for the revocation of the OPS has been the supposed inadequacy of Megawide’s debt-equity ratio based on NEDA-ICC requirements, MIAA should now determine whether the second private proponent has now complied with this.”

Ridon said the submission to the NEDA-ICC is a joint undertaking by government and the private proponent, such that disagreements should be subjected to further negotiations and not outright rejection of proposals.

“The public and the private sector are watching developments on the matter closely, as the result of the proceedings will greatly influence public confidence on Mr. Duterte’s PPP projects.”

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Junk O&M proposals

Ridon said that MIAA should outrightly junk ‘mere operations and maintenance proposals’ from the private sector as it contravenes government’s NAIA rehabilitation plans.

“MIAA should reject O&M proposals from the private sector, because aside from not bringing anything new to the table, it will not transform NAIA into a world-class airport all Filipinos can pride themselves in. More importantly, any O&M proposal will only duplicate the already good work the agency has been undertaking in operating the airport, despite no government funding and reliant only on internally generated income.”

Ridon said MIAA has been able to achieve 12% net income growth from 2018 to 2019.

“This should show that MIAA can generate income and provide government revenue on the strength of its current operations alone. It does not need a private proponent to undertake the work it is currently undertaking. If at all, adjustments on government’s revenue share may be made to allow greater capital reinvestments until all PPP processes have been completed.”