The ‘no backride’ policy will remain strictly enforced in Bohol’s capital city.
This is the statement just released by Tagbilaran city police chief Lt. Col. Mary Crystal Peralta.
Peralta said that the ‘no backride’ policy remains enforced as there is no order coming from the Department of Transportation or the Land Transportation Office lifting the said order.
Earlier, Gov. Arthur Yap requested the Department of the Interior & Local Gov’t (DILG) Sec. Eduardo Año to relax the ‘no backride’ rule.
However, the governor failed to get Año’s nod.
Yesterday, Wednesday (June 3, 2020), Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia was reported to issue an executive order (EO) lifting the no ‘backride policy’.
Some netizens see Garcia’s move as a bold one considering that, if pushed through, it will seem to be a sheer defiance of the national directive of the ‘no backride’ policy.
The Garcia EO, if released, will allow motorcycle backriders in the province of Cebu under the following conditions:
a) no fare will be collected from the rider, and b) there will only be one backrider per motorcycle, a report from a Cebu-based radio station said.
The ‘no backride’ policy is implemented as a way to ensure social distancing.