QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 7924)
RA 7924 declares that Metropolitan Manila should be treated as a special development and administrative region, with certain metro-wide basic services more efficiently planned, supervised, and coordinated by a development authority, without diminishing the autonomy of affected local government units for purely local matters.
It constitutes Metropolitan Manila as a special development and administrative region subject to direct supervision of the President, embracing the listed eight (8) cities (Caloocan, Manila, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon, Muntinlupa) and nine (9) municipalities (Las Piñas, Malabon, Marikina, Navotas, Parañaque, Pateros, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela).
The MMDA replaces the Metro Manila Authority (MMA) organized under Executive Order No. 392 (series of 1990).
The MMDA performs planning, monitoring, and coordinative functions, and in the process exercises regulatory and supervisory authority over the delivery of metro-wide services within Metro Manila without diminution of local autonomy for purely local matters.
Metro-wide services are those with metro-wide impact that transcend local political boundaries or entail huge expenditures such that they are not viable if provided by individual LGUs. These include several enumerated service areas (planning, transport, waste, flood control, zoning/land use, health/sanitation/pollution control, and public safety).
They include: (1) Development planning; (2) Transport and traffic management; (3) Solid waste disposal and management; (4) Flood control and sewerage management; (5) Urban renewal, zoning, and land use planning, and shelter services; (6) Health and sanitation, urban protection and pollution control; and (7) Public safety.
The Metro Manila Council is the governing board and policy-making body of the MMDA. It is composed of the mayors of the eight cities and nine municipalities enumerated in Section 1, plus the president of the Metro Manila Vice Mayors League and the president of the Metro Manila Councilors League.
Heads of DOTC, DPWH, DOT, DBM, HUDCC, and PNP (or their authorized representatives) attend Council meetings as non-voting members.
The Chairman is appointed by the President and holds office at the discretion of the appointing authority. He is vested with the rank, rights, privileges, disqualifications, and prohibitions of a cabinet member.
They are appointed by the President with the consent and concurrence of the majority of the Council, subject to civil service laws. The assistant general manager for planning must have at least five years of extensive experience in development and planning or must hold a master’s degree in urban planning or similar disciplines.
MMDA shall set traffic policies and coordinate/regulate traffic management enforcement, engineering, and education. It can install/administer a single ticketing system, fix/impose/collect fines and penalties for violations (moving or non-moving), and confiscate/suspend/revoke drivers’ licenses, notwithstanding RA 4136 and PD 1605.
Yes. MMDA may deputize members of the PNP, traffic enforcers of LGUs, duly licensed security guards, or members of NGOs to whom the authority may delegate certain functions, subject to conditions and requirements imposed by the MMDA.
Implementation is undertaken by LGUs, concerned national government agencies, POs, NGOs, and the private sector and by MMDA itself where appropriate. MMDA may enter into contracts, MOAs, and other cooperative arrangements for delivery of required services within Metro Manila.
MMDA must have a master plan serving as the framework for local development plans of component LGUs.
MMDA must submit its development plans and investment programs to the NEDA for integration into the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan and the public investment program.
RA 7924 authorizes an initial appropriation of PHP 1,000,000,000, provides for subsequent annual expenditures in the General Appropriations Act, states MMDA continues to receive the IRA allocated to the existing MMA, empowers MMDA to levy fines and impose fees/charges, and requires 5% of the total annual gross revenue of the preceding year net of IRA to accrue monthly to MMDA from each city or municipality.
DBM shall cause the disbursement of the fixed contribution to MMDA chargeable against the IRA allotment of the concerned city or municipality, notwithstanding Section 286 of RA 7160.
It provides that all officials and employees of the interim MMA continue exercising their duties and functions and receive salaries and allowances until notice of change of duties or transfer. Assets, properties, and obligations of the interim MMA are transferred to and assumed by the MMDA, with civil service and benefit provisions for displaced employees.