The congressional committee on Metro Manila Development recently recommended the suspension of Grab/Move It from its participation to the on-going pilot test program pending its compliance to the penalty imposed by the Philippine Competition Commission and from the various complaints filed by several stakeholders to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.

MMD committee member and Manila Third District Representative Joel Chua pointed out that based on various testimonies before the MMD Grab/ Move It is "consistently violating" and "at worst disregarding various guidelines" of the government's regulatory agencies.

"In lieu of our oversight function, I move for this committee to initiate our collective action…to suspend Grab/ Move it from its participation to the on-going pilot test pending its compliance to the penalty imposed by PCC and from the various complaints filed by several stakeholders to LTFRB among others," Chua said.

"From PCC violation with imposed penalty…to LTFRB on-going inquiry on unjust fare hike and other complaints from commuting public…and right before this committee, the latest display of Grab to disregard our invitation and choose not to participate in this hearing without any valid reason," he added.

The lawmaker stressed that during the committee discussion in their last hearing, they learned that Grab has a pending compliance in relation to the penalty imposed by the PCC as he requested Grab to submit before the MMD relevant documents pertaining to their acquisition of Move It, but the request was ignored and even snubbed the committee's invitation to attend Tuesday's hearing.

The LTFRB, meantime, is also conducting their own investigation on various complaints filed by a number of stakeholders on alleged abuses by Grab due to its unjust fare hike.