Consultation after demolition.

After tearing down kiosks on roadsides (yes, not on the road but on the side of the road) and even the walls, gates and front portions of concrete homes already beyond the road shoulder, Task Force Atni-Illegal Structures or Task Force Asis, convened an assembly of residents at La Granja, La Paz, Iloilo City, for "consultation".


Its head explained that what they did was mere "clearing" of obstructions considered "nuisance per se" and that, as "mere soldiers", they only followed orders "from above" who to date remain anonymous.


Task Force Asis is a creature of the Iloilo City government. The La Granja road which leads to the Ticud Bridge is a "national road", which means, TyFoon Asis has no business being there at all.


Whoever sent the storm troopers of TyFoon Asis has made a short cut -- only a court order can eject or remove structures squatting on somebody else's property. What TyFoon Asis only did was issue a "notice" that it will send crew to "clear" the road of obstructions.


Those structures well beyond the road shoulders are entitled to compensation.


The certification of the city engineer or the city health office is requisite to declare a structure "nuisance per se", thus, the summary procedure of removing it to protect public health and safety.


Did the demolished walls, kiosks, repair shops, sari-sari stores present clear and present danger to the lives, limbs and health of the community to be considered nuisance per se?


 Speaking of public nuisance, TyFoon Asis has just proven itself to be one.

 Bwisit nga Franklin Drilon!

Below is the photo-copy of the complaint filed on March 31, 2014.






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