MANILA, Philippines – Motorists will have to wait until next year before they can receive their car plates and driver’s license cards.
Officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) told senators yesterday during a hearing on the agency’s proposed budget for 2017 that it would not be possible to address the backlog on car plates and driver’s license cards this year because of pending legal issues.
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he Commission on Audit has issued a notice of disallowance on the LTO’s contract with its Dutch-Filipino consortium Knieriem B.V. Goes and Power Plates Development Concept Inc. that resulted in the shortage of car plates.
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The DOTr is reviewing all available options, including emergency procurement to address the car plates backlog.
If the emergency procurement is approved, car plates are expected to be available in the second quarter of 2017, DOTr officials said.
The DOTr explained that the procurement of car plates would have to be done next year because there are no funds available under this year’s national budget for such purpose.
In the long term, the DOTr intends to purchase the machines needed to manufacture the license plates.