TRANSPORTATION Secretary Arthur Tugade has joined the chorus of those calling for “emergency powers” to be given to President Rodrigo Duterte so he can “solve” Metro Manila’s crippling traffic congestion. It is no more an appropriate approach to the problem for his having said it than it was any of the other multiple times it was proposed by Congress or other well-meaning parties.
In budget hearings at the House of Representatives on Thursday, Tugade made the pitch for “emergency powers,” citing the short time left in the President’s term and the lengthy process of procurement and bidding, which is “really slow.”
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