Flagged down, twice

I visited my Malate apartment to do some last-minute cleaning; the plan was to get back to Quezon City the day after. In both the trips I took (going there and coming back), the FX's I rode were flagged down by MMDA Traffic Enforcers--the first one for loading passengers in the area between the No Loading and Unloading signs in the Morayta area, and the second for smoke belching.

What were the odds?

Anyway, I overheard one passenger tell the driver that the MMDA people are getting busier because it's election season; this accounts for the increased number of recorded traffic violations.

I still don't see the connection.