SENATOR Grace Poe wants a review of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) charter to ensure that the agency is acting within the ambit of its mandate.

In her first media forum appearance since the May 9 elections, Poe said the MMDA should not be made a springboard for the candidacies of its heads, obviously taking a shot at Francis Tolentino, who ran for a Senate seat in the recent elections but lost. Poe lamented that it is not clear if the agency is in charge of traffic management, relief operations or beautification of Metro Manila.

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