MMDA triumphs: Supreme Court rules LGU traffic violation receipts invalid in Metro Manila

THE Supreme Court has declared null and void the provision in 15 traffic ordinances enacted by local government units in Metro Manila allowing the issuance of a traffic violation receipts also known as the Ordinance Violation Receipts to erring drivers as well as the confiscation of their licenses through their traffic enforcers.

“All told, the Court thus declares as invalid the common provision in the said traffic codes or ordinances of the LGUs in Metro Manila empowering each of them to issue OVRs to erring drivers and motorists. The other provisions of the traffic codes or ordinances remain valid and unaffected by this decision,” the SC declared.

Through the Uniform Ticketing System, traffic violators shall be issued a UOVR which will be recognized by the MMDA, the Land Transportation Office, and all LGU traffic operatives as a valid traffic citation receipt and temporary driver’s license “As a necessary consequence of the foregoing discussion on the MMDA possessing the necessary powers to implement the single ticketing system as provided for by the MMDA Law, the Court so holds that the Joint Circular is valid and must thus be implemented with full force and effect so as to accomplish the intent of the legislature in enacting the MMDA Law,” the SC stressed.

“This structure breathes life to the avowed objectives of the MMDA Law which is to promote efficiency, cohesion, harmony, and order, in the delivery of metro-wide services such as traffic management in Metro Manila – without undermining local autonomy, as its decisions are reached through a governing body composed primarily of the local chief executives themselves,” the SC said.

The case stemmed from the petition for injunction and mandamus filed by led by the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines seeking to compel LGUs in Metro Manila to comply with MMDA’s single ticketing system.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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