00:00The Supreme Court junks petitions challenging the legality of the No Contact Apprehension Policy
00:05or NCAP in Metro Manila. The NCAP allows the MMDA and LGUs to spot traffic violators even
00:11remotely. It also seeks to ease traffic and reduce corruption by using digital cameras instead of
00:17traditional traffic enforcers. In a decision penned by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda,
00:22the SC rules Thursday, July 9, the issues raised have become moot because of the adoption of a new
00:26and uniform traffic enforcement framework under the Metro Manila Traffic Code of 2023.
00:31The High Court adds the petitions filed by the Kilusanang Pagbabago ng Industria ng Transportasyon
00:36and others were, quote, dismissed for lack of standing, violation of exhaustion of administrative
00:40remedies and hierarchy of courts, and forum shopping. The petitions cover MMDA's NCAP implementation
00:46in Manila, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Quezon City, and Valenzuela. But the SC also explains this dismissal
00:53does not prevent future petitions that will challenge the NCAP in case an actual controversy will arise
00:58later on.
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