The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) violated the law when it accepted the P200,000 reward money that Luis "Chavit" Singson offered to traffic enforcers who flagged his convoy for using the EDSA Busway, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said Monday.
CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada said such an act is illegal, citing Section 7 of Republic Act (RA) No. 6713 or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.
Section 7 of RA No. 6713 states that
“public officials and employees shall not solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, gratuity, favor, entertainment, loan or anything of monetary value from any person in the course of their official duties or in connection with any operation being regulated by, or any transaction which may be affected by the functions of their office”.
In a press briefing, MMDA Chairperson Romando Artes confirmed the agency accepted the reward money that Singson offered. However, he said the money will be allocated to the MMDA general funds.
Singson last week offered a P100,000 cash reward to the MMDA enforcers who accosted him for the unauthorized use of the EDSA Busway on April 8.
He later increased it to P200,000 and personally visited the MMDA main office in Pasig City earlier to turn over the money which the agency does not consider a "reward" but as a "donation".
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