The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has issued an order medical doctors from being issued with citation tickets for violation of number coding in Metro Manila.
In a memorandum issued by MMDA Chiarman Romando Artes to all the agency's traffic enforcers, he explained that the move is in recognition of the service of the doctors to the public especially that the country is still under Covid-19 threat.
"The MMDA recognizes and values the services rendered by medical doctors in the fight against the Covid-19 virus, including their role in the maintenance and preservation of the country's health care system," said Artes in a memorandum dated May 4.
Under the memorandum, MMDA traffic enforcers were advised not to issue citation tickets and to allow medical doctors to go to their destinations if their vehicle is caught violating the traffic volume reduction coding system.
But Artes said medical doctors have to show valid identification cards in case of physical apprehension.
"In so far as non-contact apprehension is concerned, the appropriate protest shall be filed with MMDA's Traffic Adjudication Division where the driver or passenger medical doctor shall prove by the presentation of evidence that he/she was on board at the time the vehicle was tagged for UVVRP (Unified Vehicle Volume Reduction Program)," the memo read.