The Land Transportation Office (LTO) targets to resolve the backlog on driver's license cards, and license plates by July 1.
LTO Chief Asec. Vigor Mendoza II assured on Tuesday, May 14, that the agency has enough supply of driver's license cards to support the demand until the end of 2024.
"Humigit-kumulang mga 9.7 million cards na-bid-out na po iyan ng ating DOTr at LTO, so there is no reason why we will not have enough cards for the entire year. Dahil nga dito, by July 1 of this year, dapat wala nang backlog," Mendoza said during a press briefing in Malacanang.
"Kung mayroon kayong paper license, puwede na ninyong kunin iyong inyong plastic card," the LTO chief added
Mendoza also assured the public and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the LTO has enough supply of vehicle license plates for everyone who bought a vehicle from 2022 to 2024.
The LTO chief reminded car dealers that they have 11 days to release the license plate of a new vehicle from the date of purchase.
He guaranteed that the LTO would work to release the license plate, the official receipt (OR), the certificate of registration (CR), and the radio-frequency identification (RFID) within five days after the dealer submits all the necessary documents.
"So, we agreed, we met with dealers and we agreed that from the time magbayad po ang isang tao, bumili ng sasakyan, within 11 days ay dapat iyong plaka, iyong OR/CR at iyong RFID sticker ay mapasakaniya na. So, there’s no reason why this will not happen," Mendoza said.
"And to this effect, today we issued around over a hundred show cause orders to dealers to explain, bakit hindi nila nabigay iyong mga plaka sa ating mga motorista," he added.
