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LTO assures no backlog in driver's license, car plates by July 1

Published May 14, 2024 09:19 am

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) assured that there would be no more backlog of driver’s license cards and car plates by July 1.

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President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting on the modernization of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System in Malacañang on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office)

 

The assurance was made by LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II on Tuesday, May 14, after his sectoral meeting with President Marcos and the Department of Transportation (DOTr), where he updated the President that “we have sufficient driver’s license card to support the demand for until end of the year.”
 

“Dahil nga dito, by July 1 of this year dapat wala na pong backlog (Because of this, there should be no backlog by July 1),” he told reporters.
 

“And we can see that on track po tayo diyan, iyong mga nag-expire po ng April 30, eh nagre-renew na po sila ng kanilang mga cards, pati iyong mga last year eh, eh tuly-tuloy po ang kanilang pagre-renew ng cards (those whose cards expired on April 30, they already renewed, including those from last year, the renewal is continuous),” he added.
 

According to the LTO chief, some 9.7 million cards have already been bid out by the LTO and DOTr.
 

“So there is no reason, why we will not have enough cards for the entire year,” he said.
 

Nonetheless, Mendoza appealed to the riding public to renew the driver’s license of those about to expire from May 1 to May 30.
 

The official added that those with paper licenses can already go to the nearest LTO office to claim their license cards.
 

Meanwhile, he also said that there should be no more temporary plate numbers on four-wheel motor vehicles and above by July 1, especially those who bought their cars in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024.
 

Mendoza disclosed that the LTO has already met with car dealers to reiterate the policy of releasing and distributing the car plate number, original receipt and certificate of registration, and RFID sticker of a newly purchased vehicle 11 days after it was released.
 

“So, there’s no reason why this will not happen,” he said, adding that erring car dealers could be forced to close.
 

The same rule applies to LTO officers, who would need to process the documents on time.
 

This development in the LTO issuance of driver’s license and car plates was lauded by President Marcos for achieving a zero backlog.
 

“We have finally paid attention to the problem. So, I’m glad to see that the motor vehicles – ‘yung (the) four-wheeled vehicles were okay,” he said.
 

However, motorcycle owners would have to wait for their plates since there was an 11 million backlog when the Marcos administration took over.
 

Mendoza aims to halve the backlog by the end of this year and achieve zero backlog by June 2025.

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