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MANILA – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is eyeing to tap malls as distribution points of unclaimed licensed plates to ensure their fast release.
In a news release Wednesday, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said this move could unburden the agency’s district offices as
an appointment scheme could be enforced to ensure a smooth distribution and release of the unclaimed licensed plates.
“We are now looking at the distribution system, kausap natin ‘yung mga dealers, and malls na pwede rin silang point of distribution, not necessarily our own district offices, kasi baka ma-overwhelm eh (We are speaking with the dealers and malls that they can be a point of distribution, not necessarily our own district offices )," Mendoza said.
Mendoza said “mystery applicants” would be tasked to verify information that some individuals were supposedly using the distribution process for money.
He said he had received information that some are allegedly asking drivers for PHP200 so that they would get their license plates without falling in line.
“And we will put mystery persons who will get their plates number para malaman natin, ma-validate at ma-monitor natin kung talagang pineperahan 'yung taong ‘to o hindi (So we can validate and monitor whether someone is getting money from this)," the LTO chief said.
Meanwhile, Mendoza also wanted the majority of the transactions in the LTO to be done online to provide a more efficient and effective service to the public.
“We will have to shift some of our transactions from walk-in to online. Nandiyan ‘yung app eh, tumatakbo na ‘yan eh, hindi lang natin nagagamit (App is available, it is already running, but we don't use) so within this year I hope that we can shift the majority of our transactions to online appointments. Hindi ‘yung walk-in, walk-in lang ‘no (No more walk-ins),” Mendoza said. (PNA)
