Manila, June 25 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to answer three suits challenging the validity of its ban on provincial buses along the 23.8-kilometer Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa).
Aside from requiring the MMDA led by its Chairman Danilo Lim and the Metro Manila Council composed of mayors of cities and municipalities in the National Capital Region to file a comment within 10 days, the tribunal also consolidated the three petitions.
No ruling on whether to grant the temporary restraining order or writ of preliminary injunction stopping the implementation of MMDA's Regulation No. 19-002 was made in the meantime.
The suits were separately filed by AKO Bicol party-list...