Yesterday and last Tuesday afternoon, traffic was snarled for nearly an hour along Roxas Boulevard and the roads around Manila’s Rizal Park – among the busiest arteries in Metro Manila.
I can understand why this honor can be accorded to a visiting head of state or government, especially those who might be targets of assassination or a terrorist attack. They also deserve to be spared from the awful traffic in the area. We don’t host the United Nations headquarters; such top-level visits are rare in our country.
Or maybe not… along the southbound stretch of the boulevard between NAIA Road and Airport Road in Parañaque, where the road is wide and traffic jams are rare, there are always traffic enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority posted along the traffic island, armed with a speed gun, busily enforcing the 60-kph speed limit.
One must hurdle a gauntlet of overlapping requirements, with fees at every step of the way, just to open, operate or close a micro enterprise or pursue a legitimate livelihood. Some local politicians, however, are appealing the suspension and loss of their revenues, and the politician in Bongbong Marcos may give in as soon as the holidays are over.BBM’s order is merely for a suspension of the fees, apparently as a carrot for the food manufacturers, and perhaps to see the impact on inflation.
And from business transactions to traffic, there are so many VIPs accorded or demanding preferential treatment.
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