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“On Monday, August 24, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada announced that he is accepting the challenge issued by his predecessor, Alfredo Lim, last June to undergo a lie detector test to determine who is lying on the matter of the Torre de Manila,” reports Jose Rodel Clapano in The Philippine Star.
It may be recalled that Estrada had tagged Lim as “a liar” and “senile” for claiming that it was Estrada who approved the construction of the 46-story condominium.
The report noted: “Estrada said an investigation by the city government’s legal office showed that Lim ‘was the one who permitted DMCI to construct a 49-story condominium’ and even made a marginal note declaring it as a ‘priority project.”
Based on the condominium’s building permit, DMCI was given the go-signal to pursue the project in Jul 2012. Lim claimed he only allowed 19 floors to be built.
Lim stated, “It was already on the 19th floor when (Estrada) assumed office. They stopped it. Then later on they authorized it. So what was constructed was 27 floors. So 27 floors plus 19, it became 46 floors. If that is wrong, why did they continue it?”
Photo: News clip (via Philstar.com)
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