A group of drivers and operators on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its dismissal of their petition against the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP).
A group of drivers and operators on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its dismissal of their petition against the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program .In a motion for reconsideration, the Bayyo Association, Inc. and its president Anselmo Perweg asked the court to grant their petition and declare paragraph 5.2 of the Department of Transportation's Department Order No. 2017-011, which provides for the implementation of the PUVMP, unconstitutional.
However, Bayyo said that there is no other plain, speedy, or adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law that is available.They said that the petition was not in violation of the hierarchy of courts.“Direct resort to this court is justified since what is at issue is the constitutionality of a DO, which affects people’s constitutional rights to due process and equal protection,” they said.