A third petition was filed with the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday (June 7) against Metro Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) regulation that will bane provincial buses from plying along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA), a traffic-clogged main thoroughfare.
Just like the first two petitions, the case filed by the Bayan Muna and several members of the House of Representatives also sought the issuance of a temporary restraining order against MMDA’s Regulation No. 19-002.The regulation plans to move the loading and unloading zones of the provincial buses to the integrated terminal in Sta. Rosa in Laguna for those coming from the south, and to the terminal in Valenzuela City for those from the north.
Reports stated that last May 6 the MMDA suspended the implementation of the regulation for further review and study. It said Republic Act No. 7924 “did not grant the MMDA with police power, nor legislative power, and that all of MMDA’s functions are administrative in nature.”In its petition, AKO Bicol alleged that the issuance of the regulation is tantamount to an exercise of police power which the MMDA and the Metro Manila Council do not possess.
It pointed out that provincial buses were not the main cause of traffic congestion along EDSA, but city buses and private motor vehicles.
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