[OPINION] The abuse of space: Manila’s 1943 ‘Nyoka’ moment

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Quality of life as an objective of governance in behalf of its constituent communities is a constitutional mandate.

The leaders of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and its component local government units are expected to be aware of it. They may have read but disregarded it and a fat maybe, they did not understand it! Or, just do not care, quite evidently. The concept could simply be beyond their ken. A misfortune!

I do recall, however, that about a decade ago, the Supreme Court did act upon a citizen complaint involving the clean-up and rehabilitation of Manila Bay. “The constitutional right to life, health and a balanced ecology” may have been invoked at the time but beyond the use of such quoted phrase, I do not recall any delineation, description or in the least an allusion to what “rhythm and harmony of nature” ought to mean in reference to the right to life, health, and a balanced ecology.

Does not Section 16’s precept actually mean “livability?” It is a fact that our constitution seeks to promote community well-being. Quality of life, even the barest of modicum, is a human right guaranteed by the Constitution. And in the instance of Metro Manila, an abject failure to see the forest but for the trees.

For as long as our political authorities and administrators cannot accept that population overload, let us call it for what it really is: ‘abuse of space,’ is the root of Greater Manila’s perdition, the national capital region’s doom and demise is a foregone conclusion. Let me repeat for the nth time: Without decongestion and population dispersal, no solution will ever be forthcoming!

And now you ask, who in heaven’s name is “Nyoka,” anyway? I thought you would never ask. Well, here goes. Movie goers, mostly adult males and boys, found it irresistible to climb over or move to the balcony section. The movie house loft, “balcony section,” was popularly called “palco.” .

 

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