Solving the traffic mess: Emergency powers for Duterte?

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Solving the traffic mess: Emergency powers for Duterte?

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte may ask Congress for emergency powers to solve the traffic crisis in Mega Manila. Duterte’s Incoming Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said emergency powers will allow the government to open private subdivisions to traffic, among other things. Tugade said Congress needs to declare a crisis to allow the Duterte administration to wield emergency powers. He said Duterte’s preferred speaker of the House of Representatives, Davao del Norte’s Pantaleon Alvarez, was “receptive” to this idea. Tugade said Duterte can have these emergency powers for a maximum of two years.

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