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DAVAO City — The proposed Dash Cam Ordinance that would require for the installation of dashboard camera to heavy trucks, buses, and vans failed to pass the second reading during the most recent session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City.

The proposed ordinance lost during the voting of the members of the SP after its deliberation, as it only garnered four affirmative votes from the council members.

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During the voting, four council members voted for the negative while nine decided to abstain from participation in the voting.

The other four members of the council were not present during the deliberations and voting.

“The (other councilors) wanted to ask clarifications. This proposed ordinance has been in the agenda for so long but it was not tackled,” said Councilor Maria Belen Acosta, chair of the Committee on Public Safety, the measure’s proponent.

According to Acosta, the proposed local law was queued in the agenda for so long and her committee already conducted several committee hearings with the presence of the Land Transportation Office Davao Region (LTO-11) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in the area (LTFRB-11).

“The LTO and LTFRB already answered whatever it is that they want to clarify,” she said.

According to Acosta, she regrets that the law was not enacted considering that the proposed ordinance was requested by Mayor Sara Duterte with the aim to address traffic and public safety concerns in the city. (davaotoday.com)

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