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MMDA files admin raps vs. more barangay execs for road obstructions


The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday filed a complaint against two more barangay chairmen for allegedly allowing road obstructions to proliferate in their respective areas.

Facing an administrative case of neglect of duty are chairmen Elmer Maturan of Brgy. Bagumbayan, Quezon City and Michael Philip Factor of Brgy. Don Galo, Parañaque City.

In his complaint-affidavit filed before the Office of the Ombudsman, MMDA General Manager Thomas Orbos said the barangay chairmen, on October 17, 2016 for Brgy. Don Galo and January 4, 2017 for Brgy. Bagumbayan, asked the agency for assistance for the removal of road obstructions in their respective barangays.

Orbos said the MMDA thereafter dispatched personnel and tow trucks for the said operations.

But when the MMDA returned to the said barangays last Friday, they found out that the barangays did not comply with the agreement to maintain the roads free from obstructions, as they still exist along the sidewalks.

"It should have at least been the duty and obligation of the barangay, thru its Barangay Captain, to have maintained and carried on the task of preventing obstructions from returning to their RROWs (road right-of-the-way)," the complaint read.

"Such failure of the barangay to give proper attention to a required task or to discharge their said duty/obligation out of their carelessness or indifference is not only pecuniarily detrimental to the MMDA, but is likewise constituitive of neglect of duty, which the responsible barangay official concerned should be held liable for," it added.

Last Friday, the MMDA filed the same complaint against Clarito De Jesus of Brgy. Veterans Village District 1 Area 3 and Antonio Ma. Benito Calma Jr. of Brgy. Don Manuel. —NB, GMA News

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