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]
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