Poe backs traffic emergency power with master plan

SEN. Mary Grace Poe on Friday said she supports granting President Rodrigo Duterte emergency power provided it is backed by a well-studied master plan to solve the traffic in EDSA.

“It is not the lack of powers, but the lack of a master plan and more aggressive action from the DoTr (Department of Transportation) that bears emphasizing,” said Poe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Service,