Before securing exemption from Manila zone law of 7-storey building height limit and Section 22 and Section 47 of Ordinance 8119, also known as the Manila Comprehensive Land Use Plan in January 2012, D.M.C.I. (David M. Consunji Incorporated ) builder and contractor in bad faith had pre-sell condo units of 49-storey Torre de Manila as evidence in pre-construction plan and brochures given to real estate brokers and sales persons. D.M.C.I. had twice bribe Manila City building officials to secure building permit with exemption in collusion with the City Mayor Alfredo Lim, who disregarded the Manila City Council's resolution 121 and during the time of Mayor Estrada administration. Do you think D.M.C.I. just get the exemptions for free? In 2012, DM Consunji Inc. (D.M.C.I.), by securing a zoning permit, started constructing Torre de Manila in a lot along Taft Avenue. The Torre de Manila has been considered as a photo bomber of the monument of Rizal by many citizens, especially heritage conservationists. DMCI should have stuck to the 7-floor limit - consistent with all the others who observed the law; instead DMCI bought, bribed, lobby for,, asked for exemption. How's that for consistency? Is that in good faith and effort to follow the law? Previous builders in the area should be crying foul that DMCI was granted special consideration. How powerful and influential DMCI is in order to get an exemption? What do you think why there is a 7-storey building height limit in Manila historical landmark zone law in the first place? DMCI never stopped construction when we issued the CDO last January. Construction was at 30% when we issued the order, obviously it's more than 30% now," says Trixie Cruz-Angeles, NCCA legal counsel on the Torre de Manila case. “With the local Oversight Ad Hoc Committee finding zonal law violations under Ordinance 8119, pertaining to floor area ratio and height restrictions within a University/Institution Cluster Zone, and, in spite of enacted measures of the City Council, such as Resolution 121, to curtail its construction, it is evident that DMCI had brazenly continued to build their proposed 41-story Torre De Manila Condominium and even had to pre-sell some units,” the resolution read. Local lawmakers claimed the Torre de Manila will “dwarf” the sightline of the Rizal monument. “In preservation of its rich history, Manila did right in taking a stand to protect Rizal Shrine’s sacred sightline, showing clearly the city policy of valuing the importance of our cultural legacies. NHCP chair Maria Sereno Diokno and Executive Director III Ludovico Badoy should step down for failing to uphold the agency's mandate to protect the country's cultural heritage through the conservation of historical sites" says City Councilor Don Juan “DJ” Bagatsing. Just like that, the City Legal Officer Renato dela Cruz, in collusion with the City Mayor Alfredo Lim, disregards the Manila City Council's resolution 121 and gives go signal to City Building Official Engr. Melvin Balagot to go ahead with the permit for DMCI's Torre de Manila project. 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