Propose A Law

[Edmund Dantes]

1. the VP should be Senate President

 

Cant be! Wala na tayong separation of powers nyan kung ang executive branch papakialaman trabaho ng legislative branch

 

 

7. lets have a jury instead of a single judge in deciding a case

 

Uh no! no no no! Very bad Idea. I would rather have one expert of the law weighing evidences merits and testimony according to the rules, that a panel of common people who watch too much soap opera and are brainwashed by kapuso kapamilya. Madaming makukulong lang na inosente pag nagkataon

[maxiev]

 

Uh no! no no no! Very bad Idea. I would rather have one expert of the law weighing evidences merits and testimony according to the rules, that a panel of common people who watch too much soap opera and are brainwashed by kapuso kapamilya. Madaming makukulong lang na inosente pag nagkataon

 

Unless one of the criteria in jury selection is the requirement of having a college degree. The prospective juror must also be a tax-paying citizen and a certified member of the bar. I believe law graduates would know what constitutes evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that non-lawyers may not be familiar with.

 

Cant be! Wala na tayong separation of powers nyan kung ang executive branch papakialaman trabaho ng legislative branch

That is absolutely correct.

[Edmund Dantes]

Unless one of the criteria in jury selection is the requirement of having a college degree. The prospective juror must also be a tax-paying citizen and a certified member of the bar. I believe law graduates would know what constitutes evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that non-lawyers may not be familiar with.

 

Kung lahat siguro may law degree pwede. Pero tingin ko marami pa din considerations ito. Like may resources ba gobyerno natin para bigyan ng protection jury members? Pano kung tipong mga tulad ng ampatuan ang nasasakdal? Mahabang pagiisip kelangan dito.

 

 

Ma-OFF topic lang

 

Dear Moderators

 

Its about time to start some new threads in this section. Ang daming current events ang nangyayari that deserve their own threads. Some of the topics still existing here are becoming obsolete

[oscartamaguchiblackface]

Kung lahat siguro may law degree pwede. Pero tingin ko marami pa din considerations ito. Like may resources ba gobyerno natin para bigyan ng protection jury members? Pano kung tipong mga tulad ng ampatuan ang nasasakdal? Mahabang pagiisip kelangan dito.

 

 

Ma-OFF topic lang

 

Dear Moderators

 

Its about time to start some new threads in this section. Ang daming current events ang nangyayari that deserve their own threads. Some of the topics still existing here are becoming obsolete

There are so many considerations that need to be threshed out if ever we change our judiciary system to a jury-type system. By the way, YGPM.

[oscartamaguchiblackface]

Obstruction of traffic caused by PUVs and For Hire vehicles (jeepneys, buses, tricycles, taxis, pedicabs, delivery trucks, containers etc) should be CRIMINALIZED.

 

 

I agree. Or maybe a stiff fine so that it will be traumatic for the drivers of these PUVS and will make them think twice before repeating the same traffic infraction.

 

 

I'm pretty certain that the main cause of traffic in the metropolis is the indiscriminate obstruction of traffic by PUVs. If there were no obstructions traffic would move quite freely even with the large number of vehicles. It just takes one tiny obstruction by one bus on EDSA to create a traffic jam. Now multiply that with thousands of buses stopping indiscriminately to pick up or unload passengers. This creates obstructions which leads to heavy traffic.

 

In view of this, I support criminalizing drivers of PUVs and/or imposing a stiff fine to those who obstruct traffic. Habitual violators should not only lose their license and fined, but actually jailed to teach them a lesson. The economy loses so much because of these drivers. It's but fair for society to lock them up. This will serve as a deterrent to drivers who habitually obstruct traffic.

 

 

 

 

[sonnyt111]

I'm pretty certain that the main cause of traffic in the metropolis is the indiscriminate obstruction of traffic by PUVs. If there were no obstructions traffic would move quite freely even with the large number of vehicles. It just takes one tiny obstruction by one bus on EDSA to create a traffic jam. Now multiply that with thousands of buses stopping indiscriminately to pick up or unload passengers. This creates obstructions which leads to heavy traffic.

 

In view of this, I support criminalizing drivers of PUVs and/or imposing a stiff fine to those who obstruct traffic. Habitual violators should not only lose their license and fined, but actually jailed to teach them a lesson. The economy loses so much because of these drivers. It's but fair for society to lock them up. This will serve as a deterrent to drivers who habitually obstruct traffic.

 

It's a matter of implementing the law. Even if such laws are passed, it all boils down to implementation. If the traffic enforcer prefers to collect "tong" from erring PUV drivers then nothing will change.

[Edmund Dantes]

It's a matter of implementing the law. Even if such laws are passed, it all boils down to implementation. If the traffic enforcer prefers to collect "tong" from erring PUV drivers then nothing will change.

 

Pwede bang taasan naman requirements sa mga MMDA enforcer natin? Sana naman nakapagaral man lang para respetuhin ng mga motorista. Hindi yung pang nagENglish na matataranta na lang bigla yan sila at mabubulol. ISa pa duda nga ako kung alam ng mga yan ginagawa nila dyan eh. Para ngang ni hindi nakahawak ito ng manibela. Huli sa lahat, dapat may physical training ang mga yan. Yung kaya naman kahit papano makasuntok kung kinakailangan.

 

Tignan nyo yung nangyari kay Carabuena at Kay Fabros, hindi man lang ginalang yung autoridad nung enforcer. Pano bukod sa halatang mahirap, patpatin pa. Eh ang laking damulag na naka volvo pa yung nakaharap. Lagut tuloy.

[Bugatti Veyron]

Pwede bang taasan naman requirements sa mga MMDA enforcer natin? Sana naman nakapagaral man lang para respetuhin ng mga motorista. Hindi yung pang nagENglish na matataranta na lang bigla yan sila at mabubulol. ISa pa duda nga ako kung alam ng mga yan ginagawa nila dyan eh. Para ngang ni hindi nakahawak ito ng manibela. Huli sa lahat, dapat may physical training ang mga yan. Yung kaya naman kahit papano makasuntok kung kinakailangan.

 

Tignan nyo yung nangyari kay Carabuena at Kay Fabros, hindi man lang ginalang yung autoridad nung enforcer. Pano bukod sa halatang mahirap, patpatin pa. Eh ang laking damulag na naka volvo pa yung nakaharap. Lagut tuloy.

I agree. The standards for recruitment are a bit low. Raise the standards and see an improvement in the way traffic is managed. But aside from ability to perform a job, there is also a need to hire men and women of integrity. People who place the interests of the motoring public over their own interests.

 

This applies to the MMDA as well as Malacanang itself.

 

 

 

[maddromeo]

Law enforcement ang issue! Ang dami na natin batas eh!

 

I propose the return of Death Penalty and introduction of public lashing!!! Nang magtino lahat ng tao!

[sonnyt111]

Law enforcement ang issue! Ang dami na natin batas eh!

 

I propose the return of Death Penalty and introduction of public lashing!!! Nang magtino lahat ng tao!

 

Unfortunately, no senator wants to challenge the Catholic Church on these matters. Back during martial law (I think) mayors were allowed to shame law violators in public. A small cage was constructed in public areas such as sidewalks where jaywalkers were placed for an hour or so for all to see. It was a shame campaign they had back then. Unfortunately, it was deemed by human rights groups as cruel and inhuman punishment.

 

 

 

 

 

[sonnyt111]

Sana may batas na bawal nakakalat mga nagmomotorsiklo sa highway. Di ba pwede talaga na isang lane lang sila? Nakakaburyong kse hindi tuloy ako makahataw kse nakaspread out sila sa kalye eh ang babagal naman ng takbo. Sigh.

There was a campaign by the MMDA not too long ago that designated the center lane of EDSA for motorcycles and scooters. In the beginning, this lane segregation scheme was strictly implemented. But as in all traffic schemes that were introduced by the MMDA, this, too, eventually failed. Today, nobody observes the traffic lane for motorcycles any longer. It's neither observed nor implemented by the MMDA.

 

Ninas cogon at its finest!!

 

 

 

 

[Edmund Dantes]

I agree. The standards for recruitment are a bit low. Raise the standards and see an improvement in the way traffic is managed. But aside from ability to perform a job, there is also a need to hire men and women of integrity. People who place the interests of the motoring public over their own interests.

 

This applies to the MMDA as well as Malacanang itself.

 

 

Ang nakita lang kasi dun sa nangyari kay Carabuena at kay Fabros ay tunggalian ng eletista vs mahirap. Isang nakavolvo at mayabang na atenista, inupakan ang isang pobreng MMDA officer. Ang hindi nakita ng lahat, ay kung gaano ka underqualified ang mga nagpapatupad ng batas trapiko satin. Kung nangyari yun sa isang enforcer ibig lang sabihin nun wala syang silbi! Incompetent ibig sabihin. Papano ka magpapatupad ng batas trapiko kung di mo kaya panindigan autoridad mo at ni hindi ka na nga nirerespeto, nasapok ka pa?

 

Sa mga first world na bansa, very professional ang mga autoridad. May pinagralan, at higit sa lahat may training. Magalang sila sa kahit na kaninong motorista pero assertive, i.e. "sir please keep your hands on the wheel, I will have to ask you to step out of your vehicle etc". They will respect your rights, but if you fcuk around they will pin your ass to the ground. Or spray pepper on your eyeballs. Alam nila gagawin pag medyo lasing motorista o mas malaki sa kanila.

 

Satin tignan mo naman ang mga enforcers na yan. May alam ba talaga yan sa batas trapiko? Baka naman mauutal utal yan pag nagumpisa ka na magenglish sa kanila.m

[Bugatti Veyron]

 

Sa mga first world na bansa, very professional ang mga autoridad. May pinagralan, at higit sa lahat may training. Magalang sila sa kahit na kaninong motorista pero assertive, i.e. "sir please keep your hands on the wheel, I will have to ask you to step out of your vehicle etc". They will respect your rights, but if you fcuk around they will pin your ass to the ground. Or spray pepper on your eyeballs. Alam nila gagawin pag medyo lasing motorista o mas malaki sa kanila.

Yes, traffic enforcers in first world countries don't mess around. You violate traffic rules, be prepared to pay the price in the form of a traffic citation ticket and fine. Doesn't matter who you are. Police aren't intimidated by the economic or political superiority of the law breakers. Nobody uses his or her influence to get away with breaking the law.

 

This doesn't apply over here, unfortunately. In the Philippines abusive government officials think that their stature in society exempts them from following traffic and other rules. One only needs to remember what Makati mayor Junjun Binay did in a Makati village this year to realize that MMDA traffic enforcers aren't up to the task of going up against somebody like this.

 

The village guards stood up to the bully but were eventually rendered helpless when Makati Police arrived on instructions of the Makati mayor. The guards were even briefly detained. And for what? For doing their job even if it meant displeasing the powers that be?

 

If we had traffic enforcers with the same sense of duty and courage as those village security guards, then maybe the traffic situation in Metro Manila would be more tolerable.

 

 

 

 

[sandy51]

Yes, traffic enforcers in first world countries don't mess around. You violate traffic rules, be prepared to pay the price in the form of a traffic citation ticket and fine. Doesn't matter who you are. Police aren't intimidated by the economic or political superiority of the law breakers. Nobody uses his or her influence to get away with breaking the law.

 

This doesn't apply over here, unfortunately. In the Philippines abusive government officials think that their stature in society exempts them from following traffic and other rules. One only needs to remember what Makati mayor Junjun Binay did in a Makati village this year to realize that MMDA traffic enforcers aren't up to the task of going up against somebody like this.

 

The village guards stood up to the bully but were eventually rendered helpless when Makati Police arrived on instructions of the Makati mayor. The guards were even briefly detained. And for what? For doing their job even if it meant displeasing the powers that be?

 

If we had traffic enforcers with the same sense of duty and courage as those village security guards, then maybe the traffic situation in Metro Manila would be more tolerable.

 

 

 

 

 

We have Pimentel's Local Government Code to also thank for this. Now every City, Municipality, and even Barangay have traffic managers. Have they even opened a driver's handbook in the first place. Proof? Consider some of these signs: "Stop on Red" Are there instances when a motorist can go on red? "Full Stop". Is there such a thing as partial stop? What is the difference between "Stop" and "Full Stop"? Perhaps what they mean is "Stop" as distinguished from "Yield" but since they do not know the difference, the assumption is that they have not even seen a driver's handbook. And finally, MMDA itself. When does a steady yellow line mean stay to the right of the line and when does it mean stay to the left?.

Proposal: There are so many interactive knowledge tests on line. This is a little bit hard to cheat. No traffic manager should be allowed until he or she passes this knowledge test.

Edited November 12, 2014 by sandy51

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