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Pogi orders no lunch break for employees
Other ‘significant moves’ set

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ANGELES CITY – No lunch break, a new truck ban, release of impounded vehicles, and suspension of granting of environmental compliance certificates to local businesses.

These, among other significant moves, were enforced as first-term Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. ascended his city hall office here, after initially issuing a one-strike policy against employees acting as “fixers” to expedite transactions with the city government.

In a memorandum, Lazatin told employees not only to report on time for work but also to comply with his “no lunch break” policy to “ensure better services of the city government.”

Lazatin also enforced immediately a total truck ban along Pandan Road including Pandan Bridge in this city, covering trucks with lengths exceeding 20 feet from front bumper to rear bumper from 6 a.m to 9 a.m, and from 3 p.m to 8 p.m.

This, after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) certified that the bridge was in danger of being damaged by large vehicles weighing at least 20 tons.

“The safety and convenience of motorists and the riding populace is a primary public priority,” Lazatin stressed, adding that he has been holding talks with affected sectors to tackle alternative routes for them.

Lazatin has also ordered the release of all impounded vehicles and damaged vehicles occupying the city hall compound.

“The release of impounded vehicles and damaged vehicles will allow employees of the city hall and visitors to use the parking area where these impounded vehicles have been dumped,” he said, adding that the owners of the vehicle will have to pay a minimal towing and storage fee of P500.

The vehicles were impounded by traffic officers for various reasons, mostly involving traffic accidents and violations.

In his memorandum, however, Lazatin said the “impounding of a motor vehicle is tantamount to taking away of personal property without due process of law, which is a violation of Sec. 1, Article III of the 1987 Constitution that states, ‘No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process.’”

Only when property is lawfully taken by virtue of legal process is it considered in the custody of the law and not otherwise, because ‘a thing is in custodia legis when it is shown that it has been and is subjected to the official custody of a judicial executive officer in pursuance of his execution of a legal writ,’” the order said.

Meanwhile, Lazatin has also ordered the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to stop the issuance of environmental compliance clearance (ECC) to local businesses.

The ECC is one of the requirements from traders in getting the Mayor’s Permit.

“The suspension shall be until such time that the process of issuance of such requirement shall have been recalibrated in such a manner that it both satisfies national and local environmental laws, rules, and regulations and serves most of all the best interest of taxpayers,” the memorandum stated.

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