MANILA, Philippines --- A coalition of transport groups is urging the incoming administration to change the leadership of the Department of Transportation (DOTr).
Ariel Lim, head of the National Public Transport Coalition (NPTC), made the appeal to presumptive president "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. amid rumors that Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade will be reappointed as DOTr chief under his administration.
"Ang unang dapat gawin, palitan ang liderato na luma, walang babalik, dapat puro bago dahil gusto ninyo ng unity, magkaka-unity lang po kapag pinalitan ninyo ang nasa hanay ng DOTr, wala nang babalik," Lim said in a press conference in Manila.
(The first thing we need to do is t...
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Transport coalition says DOTr needs new leadership