TODAY'S EDITORIAL: Rethinking the MMDA
Joel Chua presented a spirited argument for abolishing the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority , calling the agency redundant and a waste of billions of pesos in taxpayer money. While Representative Chua did make a strong point, we think calling for the dissolution of the MMDA may be a step too far now. But it may be a step the government should eventually take.
There is a great deal of merit in what Chua is suggesting. The MMDA has a uniquely broad mandate, and as a consequence, has become one of the government's most bloated agencies. The breadth of the MMDA's authority has also allowed its activities to spill over the bounds set for it in Republic Act 7924, which reconfigured the old Metropolitan Manila Authority into the MMDA.
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