LTO Looks to Raise 1.4B from Non-existing License Plates

02/01/2015 – Manila | The Philippines is ranked 147th on the lists of countries with most vehicles per capita having 6,895,985 registered vehicles as of May 2014. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is also among the lists of government agencies with the biggest collection.

This 2015, the agency started implementing new license plates for brand new vehicles. During re-registration of old vehicles, owners are also required to pay 450.00 pesos for the new plates, which is unknown when to be available.

LTO is among the most corrupt government agencies. The plate sticker that costs 50.00 pesos is always not available. As a vehicle owner for more than 20 years, there were a lot of times that LTO failed to issue stickers, but didn‘t miss to collect payments.

The new plate that costs 450.00 is still unclear when to be issued, but considering the number of existing vehicles, the government is looking to collect around 1.4 billion pesos from vehicle owners.

Along with the non-existing plates are stickers that cost 50 pesos. LTO is looking to make 344M pesos on stickers alone and since the plate is not yet available, stickers will be no show as well.

The Philippine government is always looking for some ways to milk its people, and this change of plate is just another way while maintaining the agency’s poor service.

It takes two to three months or even more for a brand new vehicle, especially motorcycles to have license plates, but when LTO operatives saw a vehicle with “For Registration” plates running on the streets, they will confiscate the driver’s license. LTO is not allowing new vehicles on streets with “For Registration” plates, but they can’t issue a new plate on time. This is how this corrupt government agency works.

See Also: LTO to Phase-out All Jeepneys in Metro Manila by December 2018

/Fanny Jalacjac/ Assisted Press Manila

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