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'Walang natitira sa LTO': DOTr exec defends agency's budget request for motorcycle plates

Published Jul 1, 2021 03:57 pm

Department of Transportation (DOTr) Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran has defended the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) request for an additional budget to address its backlog of 18 million new motorcycle plates by 2022.

DOTr Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting)

In her Facebook post on Thursday, July 1, Libiran acknowledged that a lot of people have been questioning why the LTO needs P2.5 billion in funds for the production of the motorcycle plates.

Libiran said that some have been misinformed that the LTO would supposedly get the budget by collecting fees again from clients who have yet to receive their plates.

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"Linawin ko lamang po—wala pong babayaranng muli ang mga motorista dahil one time lang po ang pagbabayad ng plaka (I just want to clarify—motorists do not need to pay anything again because it is only a one-time payment)," the DOTr official emphasized.

On the issue of the funding request, Libiran explained that the LTO "neither holds nor maintains any revenue it collects from the motorists," adding that these are all being remitted to the National Treasury.

"Lahat po ng kita o ‘yung mga ibinabayad ng motorista sa LTO— kesyo bayad sa huli, lisensya, plaka, rehistro, etc., hanggang sa kahuli-hulihang sentimo— ay nire-remit sa National Treasury. Wala pong natitira sa LTO (All income or payments made by motorists to the LTO—late fees, licenses, license plates, registrations, etc., up to the last cent—are remitted to the National Treasury. There is nothing left in LTO)," she added.

According to Libiran, it is the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Congress that will decide how much will be allocated to fund specific projects or services of government agencies, subject to the request of the agency.

In a Laging Handa virtual briefing on Monday, July 28, LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante said the agency would need at least a 2.5-billion budget to produce new motorcycle plates by 2022.

Due to the huge backlog and the limited capacity of the agency's plate manufacturing plant, Galvante said they are looking at tapping other facilities to help produce the remaining license plates, particularly for units registered in 2017 and earlier.

Galvante noted that about 10 million plates would have to be outsourced to other suppliers.

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