Hellish traffic brings out the devil in all of us.
“Senator Chiz Escudero said local government units (LGUs) should sue the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for its order allowing colorum trucks and buses to ply, saying its board resolution is illegal,” reports ABS-CBN correspondent Willard Cheng on ABS-CBNnews.com.
For his part, Senator JV Ejercito tagged the LTFRB’s “no apprehension policy” as “foolish.”
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Ejercito pointed out that “the LTFRB’s Memorandum Circulars 2014-009 and 2014-010 were just flimsy attempts of the Board to favor the interests of bus and trucking companies.”
In a statement Ejercito said, “No one in the right mind should allow colorum vehicles to ply major thoroughfares such as EDSA, C5 and Katipunan. LTFRB should be held liable for these new policies that exacerbated recent Metro Manila traffic, and for draining the patience of motorists and the economy as well.”
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