“Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno slammed Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista for questioning the city’s truck ban,” reports ABS-CBNnews.com.
READ: Manila goes for daytime truck ban
In earlier reports, Bautista had said, “I’m espousing the sentiments of the truckers. It’s similar to the bus ban (which Manila implemented last year). We were surprised. We shouldn’t be parochial in making policies. We have to look at the effects on the whole of Metro Manila and the economy.”
READ: Manila slammed for for revised truck ban, resets for February 24
In response to Bautista’s pronouncements, Moreno released a statement, wherein he said, “I respect the sentiments of the Quezon City Mayor but parochial as it may seem, we are only after the welfare of the millions of Manileños who have for years suffered because of the tremendous traffic congestion that these trucks bring.”
Moreno also added: “Kung gusto nila, ilipat natin ang pier sa Quezon City para maranasan nila (If they want, we can relocate the pier to Quezon City so they can experience what we have to put up with).”
Then again, isn’t relocating the pier geographically impossible?
Screengrab from a TV5 video
