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ISSUE:
Whether or not MMDA, through Sec. 5(f) of Rep. Act No. 7924 could validly exercise police power.
HELD: NO.Unlike the legislative bodies of local government units, there is no provision in R.A. 7924 that
empowers the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) or its Council to “enact ordinances, approve
resolutions and appropriate funds for the general welfare” of the inhabitants of Metro Manila. Thus,
MMDA may not order the opening of Neptune St. in the Bel-Air Subdivision to public traffic, as it does
not possess delegated police power . While Sec. 5(f), R.A. 7924, does not grant the MMDA the power to
confiscate and suspend or revoke drivers’ licenses without need of any other legislative enactment, the
same law vests the MMDA with the duty to enforce existing traffic rules and regulations. Thus, where
there is a traffic law or regulation validly enacted by the legislature or those agencies to whom legislative
power has been delegated (the City of Manila, in this case), the MMDA