President Rodrigo Duterte does not need emergency powers to decongest crippling traffic jams in Metro Manila, lawmakers said on Thursday.

Rep. Harry Roque of Kabayan party-list and Rep. Prospero Pichay of Surigao del Sur doused proposed emergency powers for the President during the first hearing conducted by the House Committee on Transportation on the plan.

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