PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has decried the massive corruption in the state-run Light Rail Transit (LRT) Authority’s existing contract with the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), as well as a lease deal between the University of the Philippines (UP) and Ayala Land.

In his speech during the 69th anniversary celebration of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Quezon City on Wednesday night, Duterte took a swipe at those involved in the alleged irregular LRT and Ayala-UP lease contracts, saying it was much bigger than the corruption in the Bureau of Customs (BoC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and other agencies.

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