LTO records showed that another 5.9 million motorcycle plates pending release since February 2014 have yet to be processed since the agency prioritized the plates for four-wheel vehicles. Still, Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade hailed Wednesday’s release as a significant step in moving away from a state of affairs he sardonically called “Republika Ng Walang Plaka (No-Plates Republic).”
The LTO’s plate-making plant in Quezon City has produced 231,332 pairs for motor vehicles since April to cover the July-October 2016 requirements. The plant would have to produce at least 2 million more to cover those registered up to June 25, 2018. A huge chunk of the backlog actually stems from the 2.9 million vehicles registered from February 2014 to July 2016, whose plates have yet to be processed in view of a notice of disallowance from the Commission on Audit.
The COA issued the notice on July 13, 2015, saying that the LTO’s deal with supplier Power Plates Development Concepts Inc.-J. Knieriem BV-Goes (PPI-JKG) was “illegal” or awarded without an allotment under the 2014 General Appropriations Act.
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