Days before launching a Senate investigation into the New Year's Day air traffic fiasco at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Senator Grace Poe on Monday said she believed that officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) were "almost 100 percent" responsible for incident.
Days before launching a Senate investigation into the New Year's Day air traffic fiasco at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Senator Grace Poe on Monday said she believed that officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines were "almost 100 percent" responsible for incident.
Meanwhile, Poe opposed calls for Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista to resign, saying the latter was just appointed to the post. The Senate panel had already sent out invitations to Bautista, Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Jose Arturo Tugade, CAAP acting director general Manuel Antonio Tamayo, former Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos, and representatives of private firms who are in charge of the maintenance of the air traffic control systems, Poe said.
"Not just the air traffic control system but the airport itself. I've always pushed for privatization... Now, if they say that perhaps it's time for this. I believe that it's time for this," she said. "What we are asking the government is just to have a clear-cut regulation of what we are supposed to do with these incoming travelers from China," she said.
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