MMDA eyes raps vs MANIBELA over alleged assault on enforcer

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is considering legal action against members of the transport group MANIBELA following a scuffle during a demonstration.

MMDA chairperson Romando Artes stated that the incident, where a traffic enforcer was allegedly struck on the head and had his helmet broken, could be considered assault on a person in authority.

The enforcer was attempting to issue tickets to drivers and operators for illegally parking their vehicles along Connecticut Street, which also blocked traffic.

MANIBELA staged the rally outside the Department of Transportation main office to protest the planned phaseout of traditional jeepneys under the Public Transport Modernization Program.

Artes mentioned that the group blocked nearly two lanes of EDSA, using jeepneys as a stage, and that the MMDA had to send tow trucks.