The Metro Manila Council (MMC) will create a policy for a uniform class suspension.
Special traffic committee head Herbert Bautista said on Tuesday that the MMC agreed to create unified guidelines following the assassination threats received by Makati Mayor Abby Binay.
“Isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit natin nirequest itong meeting na ito is si Mayor Abby ng Makati ay alarmed because may mga threats siya sa social media na ia-assassinate siya, yung mga ibang mayors binabash sila,” Bautista said shortly after the MMC meeting at Edsa Shangri-La Hotel.
“Nagkaroon ng kasunduan yung mga mayors kanina, ‘Sige, magbuo tayo ng sarili nating polisiya’,” Bautista added.
The Quezon City mayor also said it would be unfair for Metro Manila mayors to be suspended from their seats merely because of late announcements of class suspensions.
The reaction of Bautista came after people called the 8888 hotline of the government, complaining that their mayors were not suspending their classes.
“Hindi lang nagdeclare sa tamang panahon dahil ang basehan naman ay hindi scientific na hindi naman talaga dapat mag suspend, eh isususpend mo yung mayor,” Bautista said.
He then clarified that the suspension of classes will still be under the directive of the local government units in the following days. /vvp