What the HPG proved
(The Philippine Star) | Updated September 11, 2015 - 12:00am
The PNP-HPG or Highway Patrol Group has certainly lived up to their billing as the formidable and to be feared law enforcers of Philippine highways even along the lawless corridor known as EDSA. They’ve managed to make an embarrassment of the inutile MMDA and have shown everyone how traffic management is done in a matter of 72 hours.
But beyond the realms of traffic management, the Highway Patrol Group proved many things, a number of which many of us already knew or suspected but were constantly denied or ignored by the authorities and people concerned. The HPG proved that traffic laws are not applied equally and fairly. The HPG proved that contrary to the claims of LTFRB Chairman Winston Ginez, EDSA is still a playground for so many colorum buses. The HPG proved that many Mayors have been doing nothing about the traffic problem in Metro Manila except to give lip service. At the top of the list are the Mayors of Quezon City, Pasay, Makati, Manila, Taguig and Parañaque and Mandaluyong. The HPG proved that illegal terminals along EDSA and parallel to EDSA are protected by LGUs and MMDA traffic enforcers. The HPG proved that “Kung gusto may paraan, kung ayaw maraming dahilan” (Where there’s a will – there’s a way) for the MMDA. The HPG “experiment” also proved that Filipinos will cooperate, will obey and will believe in a plan or a solution if those implementing the plan or solution do so to the full letter of the law. Finally the HPG also proved that Metro Manila needs an elected Governor to place the house and all its Mayors in order and in line.
The TRUTH will set you FREE.
(The Philippine Star) | Updated September 11, 2015 - 12:00am
The PNP-HPG or Highway Patrol Group has certainly lived up to their billing as the formidable and to be feared law enforcers of Philippine highways even along the lawless corridor known as EDSA. They’ve managed to make an embarrassment of the inutile MMDA and have shown everyone how traffic management is done in a matter of 72 hours.
But beyond the realms of traffic management, the Highway Patrol Group proved many things, a number of which many of us already knew or suspected but were constantly denied or ignored by the authorities and people concerned. The HPG proved that traffic laws are not applied equally and fairly. The HPG proved that contrary to the claims of LTFRB Chairman Winston Ginez, EDSA is still a playground for so many colorum buses. The HPG proved that many Mayors have been doing nothing about the traffic problem in Metro Manila except to give lip service. At the top of the list are the Mayors of Quezon City, Pasay, Makati, Manila, Taguig and Parañaque and Mandaluyong. The HPG proved that illegal terminals along EDSA and parallel to EDSA are protected by LGUs and MMDA traffic enforcers. The HPG proved that “Kung gusto may paraan, kung ayaw maraming dahilan” (Where there’s a will – there’s a way) for the MMDA. The HPG “experiment” also proved that Filipinos will cooperate, will obey and will believe in a plan or a solution if those implementing the plan or solution do so to the full letter of the law. Finally the HPG also proved that Metro Manila needs an elected Governor to place the house and all its Mayors in order and in line.
The TRUTH will set you FREE.
