A public hearing on the proposed plastic ordinance authored by Councilor Em Legaspi-Ang will be held today at the Bacolod City Government Center.
The ordinance prohibiting the use of plastic bags was re-introduced by Ang after the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod failed to pass it on final reading, since some councilors wanted a separate ordinance for the use of Styrofoam. Ang yesterday recalled that the plastic ordinance was approved unanimously on second reading. However, on the third and final reading, which is only the reading of the title, it was not passed since only five councilors voted in favor of it, four objected and three abstained, she said. She said it is ironic that other local governments, who only copied the draft of her plastic ordinance during a legislative competence Upgrading seminar she had attended, have their ordinances already approved. Meanwhile, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod passed on second reading Wednesday a proposed ordinance requiring the posting of a copy of the 10 checkpoint rules outlined in the Advisory Opinion No. 1, Series of 2011 of the Department of Justice during the conduct of checkpoints by the police and other peacekeeping officers within Bacolod City. Councilor Caesar Distrito, chairman of the Committee on Laws, Ordinances and Good Government, said the proposed ordinance is based on the advisory opinion of the DOJ which sets the rules in the conduct of checkpoints by the peacekeeping officers. He said that in order to perpetuate the existence of this rules in Bacolod, it would be best that this be made an ordinance, so that the police, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and those peacekeeping officers who conduct checkpoints will be aware of these rules and the corresponding penalty if the ordinance will be violated. Distrito said the proposed ordinance will also protect the citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures following reports that some checkpoints have been used as points of thievery and extortion practiced on innocent civilians. The proposed ordinance scheduled for third and final reading on Wednesday, is co-authored by councilors Ang, Al Victor Espino, Dindo Ramos, El Cid Familiaran, Archie Baribar and Mona Dia Jardin.*CGS Visayan Daily Star
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