Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, April 27 slammed the Land Transportation Office (LTO) over its plan to allow motorists to rely on Do-It-Yourself (DIY) as a means to address the current shortage on vehicle plates. "From license cards to motorcycle plates and car plates, the LTO has earned a notorious reputation of delivering short of what is expected," Poe said in a statement. "Thorough planning and estimation might help the LTO be up to date with its requirements.  It can't always tell our people to rely on DIY and band-aid measures, which pose security risks and are prone to abuse," she pointed out. Poe, head of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said the LTO ought to provide motorists transparent information regarding the vehicle plate backlogs. "We ask the LTO to give the public a complete report on its backlog on vehicles plates and license cards to give a complete picture of the issues it is facing," she said. "With this, we also expect to know its timeline for clearing its deficiencies and how it will do it," added the senator. "Binabayaran ng motorista ang plaka at lisensya. Hindi katanggap-tanggap na sa huli, ang solusyon ay papel na kanya-kanyang imprenta (Motorists are paying for their vehicle plates and licenses. It's unacceptable that in thr end, their solution is to allow them to print their own plates)," she said. "Hindi dapat taumbayan ang pinahihirapan sa sitwasyon na hindi naman nila kasalanan (It's not the people who should suffer from a problem that is not their fault)," she lamented.