LAST week, Malacañang rejected the suggestion, first made by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), that a “traffic czar” be appointed to oversee an effort to solve the problem of gridlock around Metro Manila. Instead, explained presidential spokesman Sonny Coloma, the crisis could be better addressed by “inter-agency cooperation.”

We do not often agree with the policy decisions made by this administration, but we do agree with this one, although perhaps not for quite the same reason as Mr. Coloma suggested. A “traffic czar” would not help resolve the traffic mess, which has gone from being a problem to a catastrophe.

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