Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Makati city hall should be senior citizens-friendly.

LAS PINAS CITY BAR ASSOCIATION
Unit 15, Star Arcade, C.V. Starr Avenue, Philamlife Village
Las Pinas City 1740 Philippines
Tel/Fax: (63 2) 8725443 & 8462539


May 30, 2014
Urgent


Office of the Mayor
Makati City Hall
J. P. Rizal St.
Makati City

Office of the City Administrator
Makati City Hall
J. P. Rizal St.
Makati City

Office of the City Engineer
Makati City Hall
J. P. Rizal St.
Makati City

Head
Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs
OSCA - Makati City Hall
J. P. Rizal St.
Makati City

Executive Judge
Regional Trial Court
Hall of Justice
Makati City Hall
J. P. Rizal St.
Makati City

President
Makati City Judges Association
Hall of Justice
Makati City Hall
J. P. Rizal St.
Makati City




Mabuhay:

In behalf of the lawyers and litigants from Las Pinas City, who are senior citizens, pregnant, or are persons with disabilities (PWDs), I respectfully request that a special elevator unit be allotted/assigned for such persons, from the 1st floor (not only from the 2nd floor, as is the rule today) up to the floors where the Courts, City Prosecutors, and Public Attorneys are holding offices, for the exclusive use of such persons to insure their convenience and to protect their health condition.

For instance, as a senior citizen myself, every time I have to appear for trial at the Hall of Justice of the Makati City Hall, I have to walk all the way to the 2nd floor of the Makati City Hall, coming from the Parking Building, to take an elevator assigned to the floors where the Courts are located, and, after my court appearances, I likewise have to walk all the way from the 2nd floor of the Makati City Hall back to the Parking Building, a long, exhausting and inconvenient route for senior citizens or pregnant women or a person with disability, especially those suffering from chronic asthma and other chronic pulmonary ailments, chronic hypertension/arrhythmia, and other chronic ailments that old/senior, pregnant or disable persons suffer.

This proposal is a common proposal of lawyers and litigants from our City and its suburbs who are old/senior, pregnant, and are classified as PWDs and who litigate cases at the Makati City Hall on a regular basis.

Thank you for your kind assistance.


Sincerely,


Atty. Manuel J. Laserna Jr.
Founder and Consultant
Las Pinas City Bar Association