The Bases Conversion
Development Corp. (BCDA) headed by Arnel Casanova had made a press released
that they will be taking charge of Camp John Hay in Baguio because the Court of
Appeals in Baguio already made a decision favored with them. They also issued a
notice to CJH Development Corp. to inform them about that decision. It means
that sooner or later, they will leave Camp John Hay, they like it or not.
CJH DevCo head Robert Sobrepeña didn’t took seriously the
notice letter of BCDA. Their group firmly believed that the battle between them
and the government is not yet finished. For them, this is just a dirty tactics
and it is very farm from reality or just a wishful thinking of their opponent.
BCDA should remember that their arbitration case in Singapore is not yet over.
So, they should not make any conclusion that they already won. But whatever
will be the result of the decision of the court, the CHJ DevCo is ready to
accept it. As of now, they will not give it back the operation of Camp John
Hay. For they already invested a lot of money to develop it. It is only natural
that they will fight their rights until the end. They will just continue their
job and that is to maintain their beautification project of Camp John Hay to
attract more tourist. It is the problem of BCDA if they are not cooperating
with them. As what the CJH DevCo knew, they contributes to the society aside
from developing Camp John Hay, they are also giving a livelihood to the people
of Baguio.
The problem with our government, they are attracting
investors to invest on their properties. After they get the trust of the
investors, they are not giving the proper support to the private companies.
This is also what happening in MRTC regarding to the MRT issues. Business
partnership is a matter of give and take, but the government just want to earn
money without giving consideration to the investors. Hmm, the public is wondering,
do they have a personal grudge to Sobrepeña which is also a former head of
MRTC? Hmm, just asking...
Arnel Casanova wanted CJH DevCo to be replaced by other investors or the government will take over the management and operations of the camp. Likewise, he would make another step to finally oust the present investor because it will not give positive revenues to the people of Baguio City?
ReplyDeleteThe people of Baguio deserves a leadership that will put their interest ahead at all times. We hope that as public servants, we can both live up to this legal and moral duty. To do otherwise is to betray that public trust those are the words of Arnel Cassanova. Which is of course ironic because Camp John Hay Development Corp.(CJHDevCo) can be credited for helping the Baguio Tourism.
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