Metro Manila, Philippines – Motorists with temporary or improvised plates may still use their vehicles until December.
The deadline on the use of temporary motor vehicle plates was supposed to be Sept. 1. But the LTO said they will implement it on Dec. 31 instead.
“We ask the motorists to claim and install their respective license plates as soon as they are available either in the car dealerships and replacement plates in our offices,” LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said in a statement.
The LTO said there is no more backlog in the issuance of license plates for four-wheeled vehicles. Thousands of plates, however, remain unclaimed, hence the looming prohibition of temporary plates.
Car dealers said clients are not claiming the license plates despite consecutive messages.
“Ang natitira na lamang pong backlog ay mga plaka sa mga motorsiklo at ito po ay ang focus namin ngayon in compliance with the directive from President (Bongbong) Marcos to address all the backlog on license plates by June next year,” Mendoza said.
[Translation: The remaining backlog is the license plates for motorcycles, and this is our focus now, in compliance with the directive from President Marcos to address all the backlog on license plates by June next year.]
The chief stressed the installation of license plates is the agency’s contribution to crime prevention measures.
Mendoza said he has tasked the LTO regional directors and district office heads to work with local governments for license plate distribution.
