‘Refund fines collected from male backriders’

Dino de Leon, who filed a lawsuit against the local government in 2019 after he was apprehended for riding pillion in the city, said the P2,000 fine for male backriders who have no efficient options for transport amid the perennial traffic jams in Metro Manila was unreasonable.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Mandaluyong government was asked yesterday to return millions of pesos in accumulated fines collected from male backriders since 2014 after the Court of Appeals (CA) declared the city’s policy prohibiting men from backriding on motorcycles unconstitutional.

Dino de Leon, who filed a lawsuit against the local government in 2019 after he was apprehended for riding pillion in the city, said the P2,000 fine for male backriders who have no efficient options for transport amid the perennial traffic jams in Metro Manila was unreasonable.

De Leon said Mandaluyong has collected around P200 million in fines from about 100,000 motorcycle passengers since the ordinance was enacted in 2014.

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