Laoag City council passes amnesty bill for trike operators

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff reporter

Laoag City—The Sangguniang Panlungsod here passed a series of ordinances that bestows amnesty to at least 264 tricycle operators. The said operators have been holding questionable franchises that have violated the current tricycle code in the city.

The first ordinance revoked tricycle-for-hire franchises of the concerned operators for violation of existing local laws and ordinances.

Councilor Franklin Dante A. Respicio, the ordinance’s main author, said the revocation coincides with the temporary suspension of the implementation of the tricycle code in the city. The suspension, he explained, paves the way for the amnesty program.

Mr. Respicio expounded further that the revocation of franchises sold questionably is needed to pave the way for the formal transfer of these franchises to the buyer.

He disclosed that at least 264 franchisees have applied for the amnesty program. He added that 218 operators have complied with all the requirements needed; the rest are still being processed.

The unnumbered resolution, the councilor added, is to give an additional 30-day extension to operators who may want to avail of the amnesty program. It also allows those who have incomplete requirements to finish the process.

The amnesty program covers sold franchises to those who are not related to former owners. The local law limits the sale or transfer of franchise to those related by first up to second degree of consanguinity or affinity.

The council is hopeful this would be the last amnesty program for tricycle operators. The operators have been told to strictly follow the tricycle code from now.

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