The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino got a taste of the bitter traffic situation in Metro Manila as he got stuck in heavy traffic along EDSA and missed a live television appearance on Thursday morning.
Chairman Tolentino is reportedly running for senator in the 2016 national elections was supposed to be a guest at ANC’s “Headstart” hosted by Karen Davila but was a no-show when the news talk show started at 8:00 A.M.
Although the MMDA chairman failed to appear during the live interview, the show’s host Karen Davila managed to interview by telephone the MMDA chair, who was still on EDSA, inching his way from Muntinlupa City to the ANC’s Studios on Mother Ignacia St., Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City.
Due to the traffic in EDSA, the MMDA chairman arrived at 8:53 A.M., at the compound of ABS-CBN but failed to join the live interview with Karen Davila.
The TV host told the MMDA chairman that she hoped he could make it “next time” and went on to another issue before signing off.
The MMDA chairman surrendered earlier the MMDA’s traffic management of EDSA to the PNP’s Highway Patrol Group (HPG) after failing to solve the daily gridlock in the famous EDSA.
