Image courtesy of Instagram: beautyqueenmil
Source: www.entertainment.inquirer.net
Actress Maria Isabel Lopez may have escaped the horrendous traffic on Edsa on Saturday, but the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) isn’t letting her go scot-free after she removed the plastic barriers and used the lane designated for VIPs attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit.
On her Facebook account, Lopez appeared to have been proud of her pretending to be an Asean delegate when she traversed the southbound lane of Edsa with her car’s hazard lights turned on. She even admitted that she “removed the divider cones,” prompting those behind her to follow her lead.
“MMDA thinks I’m an official Asean delegate! If [you] can’t beat [them], join them!” Lopez said in her post, which she accompanied with two videos showing her breezing through traffic.
Her post also had the hashtags #nosticker, #leadership, #belikemaria and #pasaway (naughty).
MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago said that what Lopez did was a “serious breach of security.”
“MMDA and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will now recommend to the Land Transportation Office the suspension or cancellation of Maria Isabel Lopez’s license,” she told the Inquirer.
Traffic in both directions of the major thoroughfare nearly grounded to a halt on Saturday after the MMDA closed off at noon the two innermost lanes designated as Asean exclusive lanes.
While thousands of motorists and commuters were infuriated by the traffic gridlock, a number of netizens who saw Lopez’s post weren’t all too happy with what she did.
Remwel Gebaune said on the “Dash Cam Diaries Philippines” Facebook page that while he, too, was caught in heavy traffic, he did not think of breaking the law. “This is an example of [an] elitist mentality,” he said.
Lendi Peralta noted that Lopez should be ashamed of what she did, adding that it’s “people like her why Filipinos have no discipline when it comes to following traffic rules.”
LTFRB board member Aileen Lizada assailed Lopez, saying that the beauty queen “is not a good role model.”
“That lane has been the subject of a series of meetings of the security [group]. We are the host country, it’s a good thing that no traffic collision happened [there]. Otherwise, the Philippine government, particularly the MMDA will be hit [with criticisms] and not the beauty queen who is also a representative of the country,” Lizada said. /je
You got what you deserve
ReplyDeleteDapat dyan i-revoke ang driver's license. Isang pasikat na pinoy na walang disiplina.
ReplyDeletetrue para magtanda na walang artista..pantay pantay.kaloka
DeleteYup di lang dapat suspended...revoke na license nya.
DeleteTama...revoke, cancellation, ban sa pagmamaneho. Kumuha na lang siya ng driver tutal mayaman naman siya.
DeleteHahahahahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteTumatandang paurong. Tsk tsk
ReplyDeleteSa ibang bansa, patong-patong na ang ikakaso sa iyo sa ginawa mo. They would impound the vehicle, cancel driving license, and give you fines, but that would be the least of your worries.
ReplyDeleteAnyway Maria, I am sure you can afford hiring a driver, right? And you're alright being the national "icon" for "women's bad driving."
Ito yung taong di nag iisip bago mag post sa social media. Lalabag na lang sa batas ipagsisigawan pa talaga at proud na proud sa maling ginawa nya. Pagmultahin nyo ng matindi.
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes! Alam ko kasi na madaming lumalabag sa batas trapiko (hello, sa Pilipinas pa ba) pero not foolish enough para ipagsigawan sa socmed.
Deleteit serves you right!
DeletePag kinansel ang license nya kukuha lang yan ng bagong driver. Pagmultahin nyo ng matinde.
ReplyDeletePossibly with jail time for knowingly and blatantly breaching security measures in place for the safety of the visiting world leaders currently in the country.
DeleteButi nga! Kung ayaw mo natraffic wag ka umalis ng bahay! Kaimbyerna man but the others nag tyaga sa traffic na yan tapos ikaw kina proud mo pa hang ginawa mo! Dapat sayo susupension tapos piblic apology sa gitna ng edsa!!!
ReplyDeleteButi nga sayo masyado kang paVIP laos ka naman! Nakakatakot pa mukha mo!
ReplyDeleteYes! Dapat lang! Papost post ka pa ng pagiging pasaway mo ha! Huli ka balbon! Sana i-revoke na license nya. Tse!🙄
ReplyDeleteAng matandang walang pinagkatandaan, pinagmayabang pa ang kanyang masamang asal!
ReplyDeleteNAKAKAHIYA.
ReplyDeleteYabang pa more. Ikaw lang din nagpahamak sa sarili mo. Ikaw pa nagpost ng ebidensya. Tsk tsk. Ang tanda mo na ho, pero di ka nag-iisip. Lumabag ka na nga sa batas trapiko, ipinahamak mo pa ang sarili mo. Ang talino mo ho ano po?!
ReplyDeletedont just suspend her license, cancel it permanently and LOCK HER UP!
ReplyDeleteBlacklisted by the LTO.
DeleteIt was not like she did not know, she defied the law on purpose. Malinaw na sinadya. Revoke her license to teach her a lesson.
ReplyDeleteJust like that!? They should have revoke her drivers license. At very proud pa siya to post ahh! What a shame!
ReplyDeleteDapat lang alisan o suspendihin ang lisensya nyan. Hindi porket artista eh ok lang.
ReplyDeleteHindi ba siya pwede kasuhan na anything related to threat on national security?
ReplyDeleteKulang pa yan!
ReplyDeleteNot just revocation of license, dapat pag fine din sya and be sent to jail para mag-tanda. She defied rules and regulations intentionally and she is even proud of it. Turuan ng leksyon.
ReplyDeleteMayabang talaga siya. I saw her in a function. She thinks highly of herself. But she has no class in looks nor her manners. Her fashion style is really that bad. Very inappropriate.
ReplyDeleteHahaha bali wala din ang sunction sa kanya sa dami ng sasakyan sa Edsa at sure may driver and Diva!
ReplyDeleteWhat if its an emergency? Yung tipo kailangan dalhin sa hospital? Mag consideration siguro yun right? The traffic last night was insane ha! Talking about nung saturday. Kung puede ko lang ilipad kotse ko mala jetson ginawa ko na pero wala e.. anu magagawa mo magtiis! Ang saya saya noh? Hahaha
ReplyDeleteI think kung emergency bka fine lng since it’s an emergency.. most esp kung life and death situation pro kung katulad lng ng natandang paurong n yan.. revoke! Proud n proud p sya s gnawa nya. Simpleng batas, d masunod. As if sya lng ang naaabala ng traffic
DeleteEmergency vehicles can use that lane po
Deletekung emergency un hindi mo na maiisip na ipost un sa fb. kalurkey ka ha...
Deletepush! But then again. Wew! Artista malakas ang kapet at suhol
ReplyDeleteIt should be revoked not just suspension. The nerve pang ipag malaki at ipost. Matanda na wala pang pinag katandaan.
ReplyDeleteServes her right. Tuluyan nya yan MMDA. Kapalmuks ang tanders
ReplyDeleteTama yan bigyan ng lesson. No one is about be the law
ReplyDeleteSige be like Maria and lose your license para lumuwag ang kalsada.
ReplyDeleteYou get what you deserve..tama lang yan
ReplyDeleteKht panu luluwag na ang kalsada..dhl makakansel ang lisensya ng isang pasaway na gaya nito..#belikemaria
ReplyDeletesuspension? 🤣🤣🤣. in ur dreams. lakas yata ng kapit nya. 🤣🤣🤣
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