It seems that Senator Tito Sotto is a big fan of Mandaluyong City’s ordinance targeting potential “riding-in-tandem” criminals.
READ: Mandaluyong to implement no relation, no back-ride’ ordinance
In fact, Sotto wants to take the ordinance and blow it up to the national level.
Here’s the deal: Mandaluyong City is set to implement the “no relation, no back-ride” ordinance by the end of August. That means, motorcycle riders are only allowed to have their spouses, kids, or relatives “within first degree of consanguinity” on the motorcycle with them.
Those who violate the law will face fines and jail time.
Under the ordinance, cops can stop those riders whom they suspect to be not related.
Sotto, in a TV Patrol report, said, “This is just a small sacrifice for motorcycle riders, but it will be a big help in preventing these riding-in-tandem crimes.”
But one motorcycle rider asked, “What if the criminals are siblings?”
It goes without saying that Sotto’s idea is going to enrage a lot of people.
Screengrab from an ANC video
