A CONGRESSMAN on Thursday filed a bill seeking to outlaw the “unwholesome” practice of reserving parking spaces by standing at the House of Representatives.

House Bill (HB) No. 11076 seeks to penalize individuals who would stand and loiter in public parking spaces, levying a maximum fine of P10,000 and revocation of driver’s license for repeat offenders.

“This measure seeks to put an end to this practice by prohibiting the reservation of parking spaces through physical occupation by an individual,” Party-list Rep. Percival V. Cendaña said in the bill’s explanatory measure, which he filed on Nov. 14.

The scarcity of parking spaces in the Philippines have led motorists to resort to letting individuals stand on open parking lots to reserve the space, obstructing other cars from parking in it.

The measure mandates that private establishments implement parking policies and list penalties for individuals who would reserve the parking lot. Failure to install a parking policy could lead to a maximum fine of up to P50,000. — Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio

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