Mayor Duterte Caught Riding Motorcycle w/o Helmet - Davao Police

[chua_riwap]

Nakalimutan kaya nya na violation yun? Pero at least he's willing enough to surrender himself and have him penalized for his wrongdoing. Saludo ako sa yo, Mayor!

Kung kay Chavit nangyari yan, bugbog sarado na yung arresting officer. Or baka matakot pa yung police, hayaan na lang siya sa kag*guhan nya.



http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...t-helmetpolice

DAVAO CITY—For riding a motorcycle without a helmet, this city’s tough-talking mayor violated a traffic law and got a ticket for it.

Supt. Noel Fermin, chief of the Traffic Management Group under the Davao City Police Office, and his group were on a routine check on highways and city streets when they chanced upon Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and his companion on Sandawa Road, cruising on separate motorcycles, and flagged them down for riding without helmets

Fermin said they were surprised to see Duterte, who was on a a Virago Yamaha, as one of those being held for not wearing a helmet.

When Duterte asked them what they were doing, Fermon said he stepped in to explain to the mayor that they were doing their nightly rounds to check on motorists and apprehend violators.

The mayor, apparently sensing that he was in trouble for not wearing a helmet, alighted from his bike and voluntarily surrendered his driver’s license, Fermin said.

“I can’t do anything about it,” Fermin quoted the Duterte who spoke in Filipino.

“But he was in a jolly mood, and he was smiling at us and, maybe, to himself for what had happened,” Fermin told the INQUIRER by phone.

“So I issued him a TOP (temporary operator’s permit ticket) for failure to wear a crash helmet,” Fermin said, adding that he then confiscated Duterte’s driver’s license which will be endorsed to the Land Transportation Office.

The mayor will have to pay a fine of P1,500 for the violation and will undergo a required seminar before he can have his license back.

His companion, a back-up security identified as Romirico dela Cruz, was also charged for the same violation.

The mayor’s other security escorts were onboard a vehicle.

Bong Go, Duterte’s chief of staff, said even at Davao International Airport the Mayor would insist on going through the security checks, removing his shoes and belt for scanning.

“He does not want that he be given special treatment just because he is the mayor. He would always say that no one is above the law,” Go told the INQUIRER.

The incident happened on the eve of Commission of Human Rights chair Leila De Lima’s return to the city to investigate the spate of unsolved killings the past months.

The mayor has repeatedly denied allegations that he is behind the so-called Davao Death Squad.

“This city is a dangerous place for criminals,” he once said.

He also recently berated public utility vehicle drivers for over-speeding, which resulted to accidents.

[Gumusut_Amige]

Nakalimutan kaya nya na violation yun? Pero at least he's willing enough to surrender himself and have him penalized for his wrongdoing. Saludo ako sa yo, Mayor!

Kung kay Chavit nangyari yan, bugbog sarado na yung arresting officer. Or baka matakot pa yung police, hayaan na lang siya sa kag*guhan nya.



http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...t-helmetpolice

hindi naman siguro pakitang tao lang yan o publicity stunt... dahil kahit outside dito sa tsikot ay napakaraming positive news i read about him of what he'd done for davao before this incident.
sana dumami pa ang iyong lahi meyor duterte

[LeOxe]

:2thumbsup: to you Mayor Duterte for being an example that no one is above the law may you be a public official or an ordinary citizen.

[dark_akatsuke24]

davao is a peaceful place all among cities in mindanao,i hope the dicipline he imposed in davao,dapat ganun din gawin in metro manila,para mabawasan lang crimin at titinino ang mga tao

[Isuzoom]

palitan na lang kaya ang mmda ng pulis davao para mahuli mga wang wang convoy ng mga buwang na politiko sa edsa.

[oliver1013]

Kahit na publicity stunt ok na din yan postive, yung mga national ang posisyon gagawa lang ng stunt gagastos pa ng malaki sa restoran tapos negative naman

[vinj]

Thats good to hear and i do think it was not a publicity stunt... that's not his style.

[Walter]

It is good to hear that not all public officials are arrogant like the ones aligned with this administration.

[reaper629]

Mayor Duterte sana tumagal k pa sa davao

[jjmd3_787]

[SIZE=3]The Philippine Star [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]by Edith Regalado [/SIZE]
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - This time the tough guy got caught.
Pistol-packing Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was flagged down by traffic enforcers shortly after midnight yesterday and was issued a ticket for not wearing the required protective helmet while driving his Yamaha Virago 750 motorcycle along Sandawa Road corner MacArthur Highway in this city.
Traffic enforcers also accosted Romerico de la Cruz, Duterte’s security aide, who was driving a separate motorcycle also without helmet.
Superintendent Noel Fermin, chief of the city’s Traffic Management Center, said that he and 18 of his men were manning a checkpoint along Sandawa Road when they chanced upon two men on motorbikes not wearing helmets.
“We flagged down the two vehicles and it was only when it came near us that we realized it was Mayor Duterte. I told him he was being arrested for not wearing helmet because he asked me what his violation was,” Fermin said.
He said the mayor, known as a toughie in his bailiwick, did not resist when his driver’s license was taken from him.
Ten other motorcycle drivers who were also apprehended erupted into wild applause when Duterte and his bodyguard were issued their respective Temporary Operator’s Permits. Fermin said he forwarded the mayor’s license and TOP to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) yesterday morning.
LTO said Duterte would pay a total of P1,777.63 as fine and will be required to attend a driver’s seminar before his license will be released.
The mayor said he admitted his mistake and is ready to face the consequences.
Christopher Go, Duterte’s executive assistant, said the mayor has always abided by traffic rules, security checks and body frisks in airports and hotels.
“The mayor would always insist that he would be checked and frisked. He would even take off his shoes if required in airports. He does not want to be exempted even if some airport personnel would usually say he could proceed without being checked,” Go said.
Fermin said Duterte never pulled rank over the traffic officers.
“He did not scold us or ask us not to apprehend him. He was even the one who insisted that he be ticketed. He wanted to be treated just like any other traffic violator,” he said.

KUDOS to Mayor Duterte ! Sana maging ehemplo ka ng mga public officials natin . . .