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MMDA downplays jeepney strike; groups disagree
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported that a transport strike on Monday, November 20, did not paralyze public transportation in the National Capital Region during the morning rush hour.
MMDA Acting Chairman Romando S. Artes stated that monitoring indicated sufficient public transport vehicles were available to ferry commuters to their destinations, suggesting that traffic experienced in some areas was likely typical of the usual morning rush hour congestion.
However, Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) national president Mody T. Floranda claimed that major roads in NCR were paralyzed because 90%-95% of jeepney drivers and operators joined their protest.
The strike, initiated by PISTON, protests the mandatory consolidation of jeepney drivers and operators into corporations or cooperatives, a requirement of the PUV Modernization Program.
The MMDA stated that only 66 out of 686 prepositioned free ride vehicles were utilized, while Floranda countered that the deployment of military trucks for free rides indicated the strike's strength.
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) secretary general Jerome Adonis also believes the authorities are trying to downplay the strike's impact.
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