26/03/2024
๐๐ง๐ข ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) released on Tuesday, March 26, a scheduled renewal of motorists for them to claim their respective plastic card-printed driverโs license following the lifting of the injunction order of the Court of Appeals (CA).
The completion of the schedule was in compliance with the directive of LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II to rush the schedule in order for motorists to start claiming their plastic-printed driverโs license next week in time for the end of the long Holy Week break.
โIto naman ang bilin ng ating Department of Transportation Secretary Jame J. Bautista na dapat ay may magandang balita na babalikan ang ating mga kliyente pagkatapos ng kanilang mahabang bakasyon,โ said Assec Mendoza.
โSo I have already instructed our officials down to the regional level to prepare this list of schedules and finish it before Maundy Thursday. Our goal is to start the distribution process of the plastic-printed driverโs license next week,โ he added.
Based on the LTO memo, the following schedule for renewal are approved:
For driverโs licenses with expiration dates from April 1 to August 31, 2023 and April 1 to April 30, 2024, they are scheduled to renew their licenses from April 15 to April 30, 2024;
For driverโs licenses with expiration dates from September 1 to December 31, 2023 and May 1 to May 31, 2024, they are scheduled to renew their licenses from May 1 to May 31, 2024;
For driverโs licenses with expiration dates from January 1 to March 31 2024 and June 1 to June 30, 2024, they are scheduled to renew their licenses from June 1 to June 30, 2024.
โFailure of the driver to renew his/her driverโs license within the prescribed schedule shall render the license expired,โ the memorandum read.
At least one million pieces of plastic cards were delivered to the LTO Central Office on Monday, March 25, after the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the DOTr and the LTO, through the Office of the Solicitor General, when it lifted the Writ of Preliminary Injunction issued by a Quezon City court last year.
The injunction order, it was recalled, halted the delivery of 3.2 million remaining plastic cards and eventually resulted in the mounting backlog of plastic-printed driverโs licenses which will be around 4.1 million by the end of this month.
With the assured delivery of the remaining 3.2 million plastic cards, Assec Mendoza said they will be able to narrow the backlog gap while the LTO is exhausting all measures to ensure sufficient supply and stock for the entire 2024.
Assec Mendoza said the schedule list was aimed at ensuring that motorists would not flock to LTO offices nationwide.
โThe list will ensure orderly distribution. This list will be posted in our LTO offices and in our social media accounts so we appeal to our clients to always keep themselves updated,โ said Assec Mendoza.
โGagawin natin ang by schedule na processing at claiming para hindi magsiksikan sa mga LTO offices and eventually magkaroon ng order ang processing at distribution,โ said Assec Mendoza.
Assec Mendoza said he had already instructed the regional directors to coordinate with the LTO Central Office for the delivery of the plastic cards down to the District Offices and satellite offices nationwide.
