Then President Ferdinand Marcos established the Metro Manila Commission (MMC) to act as the central government of the local government units (LGUs) of the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila.
[1] Presidential Management Staff Elfren Cruz was appointed following Binay's resignation.
House Bill 2596 (previously 4758) titled An Act Creating The Metropolitan Manila Government was among the measures seeking to do so.
[2][3] The measure, authored by representative Lito Atienza of Buhay Party-List, seeks the establishment of a regional government for Metro Manila to be led by a governor elected by voters in the metropolis.
The government will absorb all the powers of the MMDA, which according to Atienza is just a coordinating agency whose chairperson could be defied by Metro Manila's mayors.