If we will examine the life of the BCDA President Arnel Casanova, we will learn that his story is very admirable. He has a humble beginning;
he belonged to the poor family. As a matter of fact, he experienced to live in
a slum area. But because of his perseverance he made it on top. He had degrees
in English, Law and Urban Planning. He was attained his Master’s degree in
Harvard University through the help of scholarship that he got from World Bank.
Once he became a professor in Ateneo de Manila University. Because of his
intelligence and being smart, he made to enter in public offices.
Casanova had
already received many awards. When he was only 25 years old, he awarded as a
peace advocate. It is very far today, he became known as a trouble maker or a
bully! In fairness to him, the government recognized him as one of the prime
movers in our country. One of his accomplishments was when he converted the
former military camp in Taguig into a business district. Then, he launched the
SCTEX which is the longest toll-way in the Philippines.
But in just a
blink of an eye, Casanova destroyed his good image when he was involved in
corruption and giving a favor to the companies which has a connection with him.
Now, he is very controversial because of the trouble he made in Camp John Hay.
Because of him, CJHDEvco which is the developer in the camp will be evicted
because of Casanova’s personal interest. Because of him also, the government
will lose a huge amount of money. The court ordered the BCDA that they should
pay first 1.4 billion pesos before the developer leave the camp.
Is the kind of
people who received an award bout being a peace advocate? He doesn’t know how
to settle a conflict. What he wants is to follow himself without thinking the
affected parties like the local government of Baguio which is the biggest loser
in this case because they will lose their revenues from the rent of the
developer in the camp. He is not also thinking about the situation of the third
parties. Instead, he involved them into their conflict with CJHDevCo. He also
wanted to kick out the sub-leases and locators who invested their money in that
place.
Because of the
wrong actions of Casanova, it seems that the future of Camp John Hay became
uncertain. What’s next after the developer leave the camp? What he will do if
he if ever becomes successful from his plan to evict all the third parties? How
he can manage the place effectively? Where he can get earnings if there are no
running businesses there? It is very clear that Casanova has another plan for
the camp. It is very possible that he will pass it to his allied companies. Of
course, to do this they need to give him payola!
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