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Based on the complaint, the case stemmed from the decision not to renew the lease contract for MCWMC’s Kalangitan landfill. The 50-year lease, which could have been extended for another 25 years or until 2049 under the Investors’ Lease Act and Executive Order No. 429, series of 1997, was instead cut short to October 2024.MCWMC also claimed that BCDA and CDC have allegedly started to send armed men to harass and threaten their employees based on a reported incident last July 9.
“Their direct communication to inform the LGUs of their chosen waste management companies had induced DENR director Caancan to actually choose and recommend to the affected LGUs, without any public bidding, the 10 waste management companies to undertake the LGUs’ waste disposal and management which are currently being undertaken by MCWMC,” said MCWMC representative Victor Osias Hontiveros.