Delivery of 2 million more plastic cards to cut LTO backlog
AROUND 2.2 million more plastic cards will be delivered to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) by May this year, which Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime J. Bautista, said will be enough to narrow the backlog gap of the plastic-printed driver’s license.
Yesterday, Secretary Bautista inspected the one million plastic cards at the LTO Central Office which was delivered on March 25, after the Court of Appeals lifted the injunction order on the delivery of the remaining 3.2 million plastic cards.
“After 45 days after the delivery of the one million, there will be around 2.2 million more plastic cards that will be delivered. So this will be enough to address the backlog on driver’s license,” said Secretary Bautista during his inspection.
He said the delivered plastic cards will still be inspected by experts from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to determine if those delivered complied with the terms of reference of the contract, particularly on the aspect of security features.
Once the DOST inspection cleared the delivered plastic cards, Secretary Bautista said they would immediately be downloaded to the regional offices for the start of the processing and claiming by April 15.
Secretary Bautista also lauded the efforts of the LTO under the leadership of Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II in constantly coordinating with the Office of the Solicitor General in coming up with strong arguments that eventually led to the lifting of the Writ of Preliminary Injunction on the delivery of the remaining 3.2 million undelivered plastic cards from Banner Plastic, Inc.
