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Jess Fenol

Vivienne Gulla

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MANILA (UPDATE) — The Metro Manila Council (MMC) said local governments were preparing ordinances that would ban the public from standing in parking slots to reserve them. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Don Artes made the announcement after the practice to reserve parking slots by standing led to several incidents of altercation, videos of which went viral on social media. The local ordinances against the practice aim to prevent more incidents of violence, Artes said in a briefing on Thursday.   &quot;Pag-aaralan natin yan at i-expand ang pagbabawal ng tao sa pag-reserve… Pwedeng umabot talaga sa sakitan, yun ang gusto nating iprevent,&quot; he said.&quot;Nung tiningnan namin yung comments abroad na sinasagaan yung tao na nagre-reserve, ang thinking namin hindi dapat umabot sa ganon,&quot; he added.Authorities will coordinate with mall operators to institutionalize the regulation, adding that they were likely to comply with local ordinances, Artes said. The official said the issuance was deferred to study existing regulations, such as the one in Quezon City, but the MMC eyed to release the guidelines &quot;as soon as possible.&quot;<div>HOUSE BILL 11076</div>Meanwhile, Akbayan Party List Representative Percival Cendaña  filed House Bill 11076, which prohibits a person from physically occupying a public parking space to obstruct a vehicle from parking on the same space or reserve the space for parking by another vehicle.The measure proposes a fine of P2,000 on the first offense, P5,000 on the second offense and P10,000 on the third and subsequent offenses. Second-time offenders shall also be penalized with six-month suspension of driver’s license, while the license of third-time offenders shall be revoked, under the bill. The penalties shall be imposed on the driver of the motor vehicle that would park on the space reserved by the stand-in.The bill further mandates private establishments to adopt and implement their own policies, with appropriate fines and/or penalties to deter similar acts in their privately owned parking spaces. Owners of private establishments that will fail to do so are proposed to be penalized with a fine of P10,000 to P50,000.“It’s a phenomenon which eventually became a public menace, nagiging cause ng conflict, ‘yung pagre-reserve physically ng parking spaces…We decided mukhang kailangan talaga ng isang national legislation na ipinagbabawal, prohibiting physical reservation ng mga parking spaces. Because apparently, ‘yung inaakala nating common sense, common courtesy, mukhang ‘di na masyadong common ngayon,” Cendaña said.The Land Transportation Office shall have administrative jurisdiction on violations of the measure, once enacted, and shall formulate the necessary rules and regulations for its implementation.Cendaña said he is coordinating with Senator Risa Hontiveros on filing the counterpart bill in the Senate. He remains hopeful that the measure will be enacted before the end of the 19th Congress.“Kapag hindi naman ganoon ka-controversial at walang masyadong nag-oobject sa isang piece of legislation, may mga panahon na napapabilis ang pagpasa,” Cendaña said.“Sana even the filing of the bill alone will send a strong signal to the motorists, mga kababayan natin, na i-practice itong courtesy na ito…Kasi alam naman natin sa pagpasok ng Christmas season, so mapupuno yung iba&#x27;t iba mga establishments. I&#x27;m sure maraming mangyayari ganito,” he added.Cendaña also welcomes the Metro Manila Council’s announcement that local governments in the region are preparing ordinances that would ban the public from standing in parking slots to reserve them.“We hope that that would also serve as an impetus for both houses of Congress to finally pass this legislation as soon as possible,” he said.In the meantime, the lawmaker urged private establishments to come up with policies against the practice.“Even without a national policy, even without ‘yung MMC, baka pwedeng at this point bago pa mag-holiday seasons, we urge our private establishments, malls man ‘yan at iba pang malalaking commercial establishments, na ngayon pa lang, gumawa na ng policy or maglagay na ng mechanisms that would prohibit ‘yung physical reservation sa kanilang parking spaces,” Cendaña said.Some motorists and parking attendants expressed support for the proposed policy.“Sa loob ng mall nangyari sa akin ‘yan… Magpa-park na sana ako kasi may bakante. Ngayon tinayuan… sinabihan ako. naka-reserve na raw kasi may pa-park na raw. Sabi ko ako ang nauna, pwede ba ‘yan dito? Hindi nalang ako nakipagtalo, umalis na lang ako, para wala nang gulo…Hindi talaga patas ‘yang ganyan… Ang parking para sa lahat eh,” driver Romil Caylan said.“Tama na mayroong multa. Palaki nang palaki. Para magtanda…Haharangan niya ‘yung harapan ng sasakyan. Paano kung magkamali ng abante ‘yung sasakyan? Tinamaan siya. Edi nadisgrasya pa siya. Kasalanan pa ng sasakyan…Mapapaaway pa sila noon,” parking attendant Raymond Gabriel added.

The Metro Manila Council (MMC) said local governments were preparing ordinances that would ban the public from standing in parking slots to reserve them.

The Metro Manila Council (MMC) said local governments were preparing ordinances that would ban the public from standing in parking slots to reserve them.

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Standing to reserve parking slots? Metro Manila Council prepares ban

Jess Fenol,

Vivienne Gulla,

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Published Nov 15, 2024 10:06 AM PHT

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Updated Nov 15, 2024 04:56 PM PHT

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