Tinanggap ng MMDA ang P200,000 donasyon ni dating Ilocos Sur Governor Chavit Singson dahil sa paghuli sa kanyang convoy, pero hindi raw sa enforcers mapupunta dahil sa "no gift policy" Pero ayon sa Civil Service Commission, bawal pa rin ito.
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00:00 The MMDA accepted the 200,000 pesos donation from the former Ilocosur Governor Chavit Singson
00:06 because of the arrest of his convoy.
00:08 But it was not to the enforcers because of the "no gift" policy.
00:13 But according to the Civil Service Commission, it is still prohibited.
00:17 Oscar Oida and Mark Salazar were arrested.
00:20 At the very flag-raising ceremony of the MMDA,
00:26 the former Ilocosur Governor Chavit Singson received what he called "pabuya" for the "arrests"
00:32 to their convoy when they sometimes passed by the busway even though it was not allowed.
00:38 Instead of the promised 100,000 pesos, they were given 200,000.
00:43 I want to show that nobody is above the law.
00:50 I went to them and asked for forgiveness.
00:56 I hope that you will not arrest me now.
00:59 The MMDA accepted the donation but the chairman Artes clarified that it was not to the "arrests"
01:06 because there is a law that prohibits their employees and employees to receive money or gifts
01:13 except for the so-called "modest gifts".
01:16 The money will be received as a donation to the head agency.
01:21 There is no strings attached to it.
01:23 It does not mean that we will give a special pay bond to the governor.
01:29 We will also show that we enforce the traffic law regardless of who we arrest.
01:39 In fact, you will pay the penalty of the drivers today
01:43 to show that you are enforcing the regulations.
01:48 But according to the Civil Service Commissioner Aileen Lizada, this is still prohibited.
01:53 While maybe her intention is good,
01:56 maybe the official does not know that we have a law like this.
02:02 Because try to imagine, ma'am Nina,
02:04 if many people will violate, they will be given money
02:09 because they are grateful because they were arrested.
02:12 And what they will do is they will deposit it to the GF.
02:15 So try to imagine, there will now be another source of money coming in that should not be.
02:22 Because the enforcers have already paid them.
02:26 They have already paid the people.
02:28 We have already paid our salary of the people.
02:30 And you do not have to reward us for doing our work.
02:36 The LTO will also closely monitor the traffic violations of the big shots like Singson.
02:44 The driver was given a ticket.
02:46 So if he will not question his arrest, then fine.
02:53 If they will question, they will be questioned.
02:57 The vehicle itself will also be monitored.
03:00 I don't know if it's locally assembled or imported.
03:03 How it entered the Philippines, that's another story.
03:07 The vehicle of Senator Cheese Escudero, who has a plate number 7, also passed through the busway.
03:13 He asked for a compensation even though he did not drive it before.
03:17 Another vehicle with a plate number 8 was also caught in the busway.
03:21 But it is not yet determined who it is, that's why the LTO is targeting.
03:25 The 8 that we recall under the new guidelines of the President,
03:30 the 7 for the Senators, that will be maintained.
03:33 The Senators can be there.
03:35 But we will inventory all of them.
03:38 The LTO also searched for the driver of the SUV that namedropped the General when he was caught in the busway.
03:51 And last time, he also introduced himself as an official of the military.
03:55 That's what we are doing, background checking who that person is, what vehicle it is, so that it will be an issue of show-cause.
04:01 For JMAI Integrated News, I am Mark Salazar.
04:06 Oscar, hey, it's on!
04:07 24 Hours.
04:09 We asked the MMDA for the permission of the Civil Service Commission,
04:14 but they only said again that it's not a bribe, but a donation.
04:18 The amount given by Sigson, which was received and will go to the General Fund of the MMDA.
04:25 [Music]