MANILA Councilor DJ Bagatsing on Monday called for the resignation of the National Historical Commission’s (NHC) top officials for having signed the original permit to construct the 49-story-high Torre de Manila.
Maria Serena I. Diokno is the chairman, while Ludovico D. Badoy is the executive director of the NHC.
“We have a copy of the permit that the NHC gave to DMCI to proceed with the construction,” Bagatsing said.
He said Torre de Manila’s construction started in 2012 and was first opposed by Carlos Celdran, a Filipino tour guide and cultural activist.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts and various critics are calling for the demolition of Torre de Manila for having marred the previously unobstructed background of the Rizal Monument at the Luneta.