Most Corrupt Agency: LTO Pocketed More than P400 Million from Non-existing 2015 Stickers

Contributed by  Joven R. Dimapilis, Tanauan City, Batangas

I went to Land Transportation Office (LTO) – Lipa City today to renew my car registration and claim my new plate. I asked the LTO employee on what happened to the P50 that I paid for the sticker last year, and he said he doesn’t know.

“Irerefund kaya yong 50 pesos na ibinayad naming last year?” I asked.

“Pasensya na sir, hindi ko rin alam e, wala ring instruction sa amin”, the employee replied.

Well, the Land Transportation Office collected P50 last year for every vehicle as payment for the never-existed plate stickers. There are more than 8 million registered vehicles running on the streets of the Philippines according to National Statistics Office on 2014. With the increase of car sales each year, it was estimated that there are around 8.2 million registered vehicles last 2015.

LTO, under the Aquino administration, has pocketed a stunning P410 million pesos from helpless owners. This government agency is more corrupt than Bureau of Customs (BOC), and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) because they are doing the corruption “in your face” of vehicle owners. LTO is doing it blatantly. The big question is, where is the money if LTO will not refund or at least deduct the amount from 2016 registration?

Since the election is coming, let’s accept the sad truth that part of the money will be used on this poll – same with the majority of Yolanda funds.

Yes, it’s just P50 pesos from everyone, but considering there are more than 8 million registered vehicles, the sum is not a joke after all. LTO is just ripping-off everyone.

Related: LTO Looks to Raise P1.4 Billion on Non-existing Plates

 

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