CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said over the weekend that the Land Transportation Office or LTO “should implement its ‘no plate, no travel’ policy gradually” to avoid complaints and confusion among car owners and dealers.
In a forum with Pampanga media last week, Marcos stressed that the implementation of the policy should in phases and not abrupt as what surprised new car owners last April 1 when it was enforced.
“Dapat pag-aralan nila [LTO] ang phasing at hindi bigla-bigla, lalo na ang paghuli sa mga car owners,” he said.
Marcos added that the LTO should let the public know of the policy’s clear-cut requisites.
“Dapat munang malaman ng tao ang tungkol sa kabuuan ng policy. Ipaalam muna nila at bigyan ng malinaw na paliwanag ang tungkol sa batas na ito gradually,” he said.
Marcos cited an example when a ruling was imposed on motorists a few years back.
“Ang ginawa namin, we told enforcers na huwag munang tiketan ang violators for the first offense dahil kailangan muna nilang malaman ang violation. After that, we informed motorists na kapag inulit pa nila iyung offense, ay saka sila huhulihin at mape-penalize,” he said.
Recently, LTO officials led by Assistant Secretary Alfonso, Tan, Jr., in a dialogue with stakeholders at the LTO regional center here, stood their ground on the “no plate, no travel” policy, saying that it is law that cannot be suspended and that the seven-day window for processing documents similarly could not be extended. (JTD/Sun.Star Pampanga)