The local government required a public bidding. But when the "winning" contractor failed to meet the technical requirements (no track record), the mayor’s office invoked an emergency provision: "Imminent danger to health and safety." Because the old Bliss buildings were indeed dangerous, the emergency clause was legally viable—but morally hollow. Emergency purchases do not require public bidding. The door was open.
Their new unit was on the 15th floor of Tower C. It wasn’t large—two bedrooms, a living area, a kitchen with actual quartz countertops—but it had windows. Big ones. For the first time in her 45 years, Elena could watch the sunrise without a neighbor’s drying tapal blocking the view. muntinlupa bliss scandal part 1 better